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6 saves works just fine. People just too set in their ways to make Strength, Intelligence, and Charisma spells.

I'm not saying any of the simplicity should be seen as improvement Personally I think "hard control" spells should be either 2 checks...

Some. But fans will want Stunned, Paralyzed, Frightened, and Restrained to be similar to what that seem in real life. One or two could...

It's two fold. The spells were simplified and thus removed the barriers and limitations D&D's powerful magic could run into. The...

Mostly agree. Trouble is that the oversimplification broke a bunch of safeguards and outright removed most of the safety valves...

5e oversimplified 3e's complex system where high levels was 2-3 steps with tons of bells and modifiers to adjust the power of 3e magic.

That's only because the designers skewed monsters and spells that way. This is why I keep saying "Equalize" the Frequency and...

No. My argument again is. 90% of monster have a weak save. But spellcasters always progress in a strong progression and usually use...

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Those are the 2024 versions. Which prove my point. Most of The 2014 monsters (the ones designed with Mearls at the helm) had saving...

There was no good bad and medium saves It was a good saving through progression and a bad savings progression. And you can have a...

And that is the source of the problem and the entire point of the thread because... Your boss monster is now only making a save vs a...

Bounded accuracy actually made it worse because it justifies not increasing a monster's bonus from being high level due to the bounds of...

You are conflating 2 editions. In third edition your hill giant has 12 hit die. And only has a plus for will save. A caster with a 18...

But again. With 6 saves, you are guaranteed that your primary and secondary ability scores go to a save. With 3, you need to go the 4e...