Recent content by Maxperson

Wait. First it was, "They aren't publishing rules because they would be pressured to follow them." and now it's, "If they published rules they wouldn't follow them and they'd get complaints?" Edit: Maybe design the rules for the players and not themselves.

They've never followed their rules before when designing modules, what makes you think they would have started with 5.5e?

Yes, I get all of that. I just wish they'd have kept the information in the DMG so that new players could play in an informed fashion. If they don't care, they don't care. If they do(or would) care, they'd at least know about it and could play with the adventuring day.

That's because they stuck to backwards compatibility, which means that even though 1) most people don't use the adventuring day, and 2) they got rid of all mention of it because it's not used, it's still present in the balance. I'm really not sure why they thought that getting rid of the...

Divine casters use a lot of that on healing, and a lot of low level slots get used during exploration/social encounters. Getting an extra 1st-3rd level slot back is still going to be helpful at high levels. It just isn't going to have the same huge impact it does at low levels...

I thought WotC confirmed that most people ignore the adventuring day. In any case, that 5.5e got rid of any mention of it, that's a strong indicator that most folks didn't use it.

Or invisibility. Or Mage Armor. Or comprehend languages. Or disguise self. Or alter self. Or blur. Or darkvision. Or sanctuary. Or protection from evil and good. Or shield of faith. Or... There's plenty. And once it scales up to 3rd level, it's even better. And you can use it multiple times...

Buyer's remorse? "Dear diary. I'm feeling good about giving up the money. The Empire sucks and the Rebellion really needed it." Some time later... "Dear diary. Jabba is really pissed and wants his money. He's forcing me to work for him at half price until I pay it off. Worse, the other...

I don't agree with this. In Solo we see him betrayed by the woman he loves. That sort of thing causes scars and in a lot of men ends up causing them to react in ways that push women away, which is what we see in the original Star Wars movies. It can also cause bitterness and push people to be...

Yeah. The right support can skyrocket DPR for a PC and a portion of that DPR rightly belongs to the PC providing the support. How much of it? Heck if I know.........or even care. DPR isn't king for me. :)

And fireball vs. skill improvements. And Sorcerous burst vs. exploration feats. And... To a lot of people DPR isn't king. To a lot of other people, it's at the very bottom of what's important to play. It's not just which DPR is best that is subjective, it's whether it's even important at...

But the usefulness/importance of DPR is very subjective.

The Zhent Ruffian feat is okay. I like the Tactics feat, but half of it requires you to be front line fighter just to maybe get opportunity attacks. The ability to get expertise is nice, but since you're a rogue, not nearly as useful as if you weren't a rogue. All for the low, low cost of...

It doesn't even have to be reciprocal like that. You scout ahead invisibly and then come back and I give you the slot back. So many things you can do with that ability that are awesomely helpful at low levels and just helpful at high levels.

And as you mentioned, giving spell slots back to allies is huuuuge. Especially at low level.