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Minigiant reacted to Eric V's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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Even if attrition worked that way (it doesn't), all that means is that the DM has to have slogs of encounters just to wear down... -
Minigiant replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Doesn't refute what I said. If you take sensible choices for PCs in ASI, feats, spells, and class options, you will outstrip the...
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Minigiant replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Sure. But my point was that if you actually used any of the great options, you destroyed monsters deemed appropriate. 3e was balanced...
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Minigiant replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.I don't think the level of reward and punishment that resulted was intended. They kinda.. overdid... it.. to the point it became very...
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Minigiant replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Profit and theft versus work hours required to make it It's a lot of work hours and upfront dollars to make something that most fans...
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Minigiant reacted to Jefe Bergenstein's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Circle Casting is gonna break a lot of games with Like.
I wont say exclusively, but you need some people looking out for broken stuff and poorly worded rules. A white hat munchkin if you will...
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Minigiant replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.I didn't say it was hard. I said that it was designed for people who weren't pushing the game in any sort of optimization seriously...
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Minigiant replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.All the podcasts, articles, videos, and interviews by Mearls and later Crawford. They say it all the time. 5e was designed to go back...
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Minigiant replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.3E that was designed for new players and players who don't seriously optimize. This is why so many of the players handbook feats and...
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Minigiant replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.My opinion is that 5e followed the flaw of 3e where it was designed around the new players, poor players, and other under optimized...
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Minigiant replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.5e was designed with an open skeleton for an old school fanbase with an assumption that 3PP would produce modules for 3e fans, 4e fans...
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Minigiant replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Circle Casting is gonna break a lot of games.Circle Castling does help the 5MWD Problem as factions with many weak casters can gather together for bigger spells if the PC alert a...
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Minigiant reacted to Sulicius's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Circle Casting is gonna break a lot of games with Like.
I think the biggest problem with Circle Casting isn't what an adventuring party can do, but what factions with more resources and time...
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Minigiant replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.WOTC was awful with it because they expected 3PPs and DMs to do it. Same with Bosses and the Legendary Resistance kludge. WOTC...
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Minigiant replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Mostly material external from core game loops. 5e was designed with gaps so if people wanted dynamic boss fight, you could implant...