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Scry and fry is not really the issue. The issue is that Power attackers, Buffed CoDs, and Control casters wrecked the poorly made...
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Why they didn't have little text block with different spell lists under caster monsters is beyond me. Or different weapon/armor set ups...
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I agree on most of it not really existing in actual 3.5 play, which is light-years more than can be said about the game breaking 5e...
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I disagree with all of this ;) You would be stupid to not keep your / at least one control spell around, why waste it on mobs in the...
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Sure. But when someone does speak that way, one should think that the information is very easy to find. Most of the written information...
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Or in simple terms. Older editions of D&D assumed that both the PCS and the Monsters had magic items after a certain amount of magic...
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Personally I'd reintroduce 4e Roles as Monster Traits. Most monsters would be standard monsters. But some monsters would have Monster...
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I don't think the greater player base think it's fine. I think the greater fan base don't know of a better solution but see the...
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You'd think I'd actively fabricate the quotes after being asked for them. That would be idiotic. Mearls' from a 13 year old Reddit AMA...
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Opening the license after you previously close the license and then mentioning things that you ultimately didn't publish strongly hints...
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I know. But the designers and reign holders of D&D until THIS year were even older. Todays 50-75 year olds had a 40 year stranglehold...
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I didn't say it inherently is a bad thing. You are literally the kind of person I mentioned in another post #506 But for many of the...
Nov 6, 2025
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A lot of fans from previous editions did switch. But based on the age and starting demographics, most of those concerts are under 45...
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A lot of that is due to 5e being designed to older veteran DMs who didn't need much guidance to play their way. But WOTC miscalculated...
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