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1) "Common aversion to a death spiral" is a separate discussion. We're not talking about levels of fatigue, here, adding constant...

I didn't say the game is "Bad". I said the game is inherently imbalanced because the original designers didn't take into account the...

Also the Price. The amount of art you'd need to buy to fill out a 320 page book is huge. Following it up with a pair of 384 page books...

Not the balance of 4e. The pacing of 4e. The existence of encounter-abilities ensures you can't dump -everything- into a single fight...

Just to be clear: Designing the classes to fulfill a role does not mean "This is the only thing this class does or the only way to play...

You don't "Need" to do anything. But I think you misinterpreted me saying "some differentiation" with "This is the only thing that makes...

Not everyone has the time/knowledge/money to do so. Also if the folks from WotC are like "We made this huge mistake" and then don't fix...

Hey, it's a hell of a start! The design box is really just the Role. Source just adds a nifty secondary effect or structure that gives...

Swordmage is listed as a tank sooo... probably no nuking, but a need for battlefield control. Though I should note: When I say AoE with...

The idea is to take some of the lessons from 4e's encounter pacing and bring it to 5e. Because 5e is designed for 6-7 encounters per...

It's great that you've seen it as a matter of bad adventure design. But the ability to Nova/Alpha your most powerful abilities into the...

What kinda classes would you need for such a setting? You'd definitely need to cover the 'Core Roles' of Tank, Healer, Damage Dealer...

I definitely wouldn't use it as Battlemaster Maneuvers, no... Because this would also apply to Spellcasters. Full and Half and 3/4, too...

Yeah, that's pretty much what I'm thinking. Make a "Player's Guide to (Setting)" alongside an adventure/adventure path. The players...

So as Mearls finally admitted and expressed mathematically, though most of us have known it for a long time: D&D's combat was balanced...