Recent content by Mistwell

It depends on level. At 10th and 11th level, they do a whole lot more than they do at lower levels. Their homunculus spamming 10 fireballs a day, or 10 hypnotic patterns or conjure barrage, while the artificer casts other spells, is a different thing than the low level tinkerer.

I was going to disagree, because of multiclassing dips. But then I saw your rationale, and the things you'd want to see at 1st level, and you make a fair point.

If you're not reviewing the subclasses, you're not reviewing the class. Subclass design is now integral to the class design itself. This reads like someone just reading the classes without having played much with them and seen how the subclasses mesh with the class, and how the classes mesh with...

I quoted the only time you mention the word stingers. No matter how many times you claim you've said this three times, you really didn't. I challenge you to find it more than once. You can't because you didn't. And the one post you did say it, which I quoted, isn't nearly as clear as you seem...

I looked pretty extensively as well and cannot find even a hint of it. This is literally the only time you even mention the word poison in this whole thread:

I like Colby Poulson's (D4 Deep Dive) content too because I find him entertaining. But his assumptions are just nothing like what our games are like. In fact, I don't think they even apply to HIS actual games! First, he had to have nearly a viewer revolt to get him to stop multiclassing every...

This is really noticeable for wizards at lower level. I am playing one, and took a dip in Ranger for armor proficiency and a few more hit points, but got my butt repeatedly kicked by Ankhegs who spit acid. It's a Dex save for half damage, but enough times of being in the stream of acid and it...

I game twice a week and have consistently since before 5e. I...don't think I could handle 3-6 games a week (and turned down a third). That's some serious time commitment there! And to be the primary DM, wow. Impressive. Noteworthy, it's one of the spells not updated so far for 5.5e, and not...

I agree that creatures intended for boss fights do on average need more magic resistance, better saves, more legendary resistances, etc.. They've done a better job in 2024 with that however. But your average mook? I don't see the need for it. It's OK to let spellcasters shine sometimes with an...

I think everyone including very experienced players have fun with fireball and other direct damage spells even when they know it's not optimal. Optimal play isn't necessarily fun play, for most players regardless of experience. I think people here have a lot of experience playing on average...

I think it's a meaningful issue, and when I DM I've tried to address it through setting choices if the players are wanting to run a lot of different species. If you're running a Planescape campaign based on Sigil, nobody will blink twice that the party is composed of a radical array of species...

I don't think the Control spells are ruining the game, primarily because I don't think most players focus on them as much as they could to have that sort of impact on the game. Yes, it's technically more optimal if you crunch the numbers involved with the impact on combat in, for example, the...

That's some excellent art. Love it. That the new Eberron books?

It's unfortunate WOTC reclassified their 2024 books as Toys and Games, rather than Books, as we will now never get bookscan data from most of their sales for 2024 books. Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Target, Walmart, they're all not reporting data to bookscan for 2024, though they did for 2014, due...

Agree completely. EB is the "I hit it with my sword" option. It's fine, but uninteresting and isn't likely to change the dynamic of the battle or do much to combine with what the other PCs are doing.