Recent content by Scribe

I've never met someone who knew D&D to a degree we would associate with our fellow online Enworlders, who did not know what 3.5 was compared to 3.0, all of which was before the era of 'influencers' existing. Again, this shop owner who I do not know, I do not live there, on day 1 of release, was...

/shrug When 5.5 was released, I walked into a shop in a neighboring town, and that's how the owner pitched it to me. It's not the same as 5.0, it's it's revision inane ways, ergo, 5.5

Yeah, I understand the idea, its the same thing Magic designers tried to push, but its not really great at all. Those being countered? Doesnt matter how narrow it is, it still sucks for them all the same. Those doing the countering? Now its just an extra level of annoyance. 5.0 Counterspell...

Been waiting for a delivery all day, "between 1 and 5". Well, its 4:34, and I'm pretty sure I've missed my window for a workout, I'm starving, add it up, and you better be here within 25 minutes. SPOILERS ITS NEAR SIX AND NO SHOW.

Its neither false, or misleading though, and everyone knows what it means. Just like 3 and 3.5 before.

No no no no no. The 'here are a bunch of lame narrow counter spells, instead of Counterspell' is not a net benefit.

Heck yeah! My weigh in was 178.6, I have not been doing my night walks since I hit the wall there on Mon/Tue, but I'm going to get back into that before I'm out of town. I may use next week as its a partial week as a deload, and then take the first March week really really hard, and then get...

Yeah, I don't disagree. The issue (for a given definition of issue) comes into play only when the players are not on the same page, or, if the game is designed such that party comp really matters, and the players don't get it, or care.

Game balance concerns for a 'balanced party'.

Yes. "I want to play the best DPS class." if other classes can come close, or surpass it, then for players who wanted to play the best DPS, with 'niche protection' so to not be threatened, then its a problem.

From the perspective of giving every class something unique, I kind of get it, the problem is if you have more than 3 or 4 classes, it falls down pretty quick, if you cover all the hybrid (niche combinations) it really starts to fall down. Then you have the modern 'X should be the best DPS, not...

Game design has moved on though, in a major way. I mean list the actual niches, and then you can go through the 'pure class' 'hybrid class' and if niche protection even needs to be a thing. Other games have (all imo) solved for this though.

Healing being a niche for Cleric, just doesnt work unless there are literally just 3-4 classes.

...Unless we are dropping to 3 classes, and even then not really, that doesn't work.