Recent content by Scott Christian

I can't believe we are about to revive the +1 debate again! No one notices the difference over the course of a session whether your character has a +2 or +3. You notice because you "feel it." Playing "second fiddle" is absolutely a ridiculous argument. I have seen people acquire greater output...

Tables definitely matter on this question. But for most of my PCs, yes. Some tables it is almost all the time, others, only during poignant moments. Now, as a DM, I absolutely do it. I try to focus on voice (although many have a similar voice), mannerisms, fluency, and word choice. I feel like...

I didn't say the game has no problems. And I especially didn't link it with popular = no problems. What I said was, maybe D&D players might already have been attuned to all the chaos that internet naysayers bring, and therefore, they didn't get derailed like other mediums. I also stated that...

Is there though? A million threads on why this rule is bad, or how this class is terrible, or when are the going to fix this spell... and yet, sales grew rapidly. So much so, it makes everyone saying the game is broke look a bit ridiculous. Especially, since, you know, we're all gaming nerds and...

I ran a D&D club at my last high school, as well as the one I am at now. When there were too many players, and too little experience, I actually asked the DMs to come in and sat them through a few lessons. I taught them, and they taught each other as they played. I also forced them to read...

I wonder three things: Wow! What caused the growth? I know logically it was a combination of factors, but I can't help but thinking a huge part of it was media time with Critical Role, Adventure Time, and it being mentioned on every sitcom at least once: Community, Futurama, Simpson's, SNL...

I also mentioned those times too. Those are the times, like being stuck inside a nasty cave full of slimes, that it just works perfectly. Let the spell, and its caster, shine at times. That is the entire point of this being a roleplaying game and not a tactical battle game. Just like that...

It doesn't have to be done. I clearly pointed to two other areas that limit its use as well: So you don't need to do narrative every time. It is a plot device, much like so many other aspects of the game. Do you also want to nerf the fly spell because it allows someone to float over a trap...

I want to believe you Minigiant, but I am having a hard time. Here are your two previous quotes: First, your claim was about monsters being primitive warriors, therefore incapable of doing anything against LTH. Then your claim is it's just extraplanar and caster adjacent dragons, and...

Fair enough. So the tables you play at don't have narrative that stops the players from using LTH to "win" every combat? To be trope laden: the princess just dies and they are ok with it? The kidnapped townsfolk get sacrificed and they are ok with it? The artifact needed to stop the invasion...

First, PCs do not get LTH until fifth level, at the earliest. And that is at the expense of a possibly, more threatening spell. That means we are talking about higher CRs than tier 1. But please, let's have a look at the MM: AArakocra (CR 1/4) Azer (CR2) Banshee (CR4) Spectator (Beholder Light)...

I know you think it is overpowered. That is the claim people are making. I gave three reasons it is not overpowered. Three limitations exist around the spell. Sometimes, all those limitations can come into play at one time. The only reason people give for it being overpowered is: My group uses...

The thread is literally D&D 5e. Go look in the 5e MM. Come back and tell me the monsters in there are mostly dumb and tactless.

I understand your point. The counterpoint is it doesn't let them rest "whenever they want." Again, if you are playing Warhammer, you're correct. But you are not. There is a narrative drive that sometimes stops them from resting in LTH. There are enemies that sometimes stop them from resting in...

It is a no win situation. If someone doesn't believe in the premise of the argument - which is LTH is overpowered and allows players to rest between every encounter. It doesn't matter how many crazy or ridiculous encounters from DMs you have, they've seen a DM do it. It doesn't matter. It...