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Ppemerton 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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They can't be, can they? Didn't he claim they never made it to that level? Of the two people discussing high level 4e, only one... -
Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.I don't know what you mean by "the power level is so low"? How are you measuring power level? The 30th level Invoker/Wizard in my game...
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Ppemerton reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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"4e had fake high level play," "4e had high level play," I think this just depends on how you define high level play. Obviously... -
Ppemerton replied to the thread Why do we need thieves??.So is the answer to my question - how does the framing of scenes/establishing of situations work in your system? - the following (at...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.The post that I replied to just said "Have a look at the lvl 29 powers in 4E. Compare to synaptic static in 5E.". And Synaptic Static...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread Why do we need thieves??.People have asked you, in more than one thread, to say a bit about your system. And you seem very hesitant to do so. I think if you want...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.As I posted, So I'm not sure what point you're intending to make, that you think I'm missing. I'm not sure what "it" means here. But...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.That's not my experience. Advancement in D&D has a significant arithmetic component. It's always possible to compress or expand the...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.But this isn't simple. You're describing fairly complicated PC build rules. I can see what you're trying to do. But I'm not persuaded...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.I've GMed a lot of, and played a bit of, high level FRPGing - AD&D, Rolemaster, 4e D&D. 4e D&D worked well, and to me it seemed pretty...
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Ppemerton reacted to Marc17's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Naw, I see it as keeping the foundation and retrofitting the house above. Ascending AC from 2E is purely cosmetic. So are saves if you...
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PFrom Red Nails "Conan had discarded the remnants of his tattered, blood-soaked shirt, and stood with his remarkable muscular development...
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PConan certainly does wear armor when he can, in the original Howard stories, but he is stronger than almost any man/can wrestle gorillas...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread Why do we need thieves??.In Classic Traveller, the closest service to a "fighter" is Army or Marine. The closest to a "thief" is Other. On the Service Skills...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Equally it's a modified version of 4e. Bounded accuracy; the lack of scaling spells; classes with "sub-classes"; its action economy...