Recent content by Sulicius

Haha of course. I meant the ones OP took offense from.

What sources are saying DM’ing is hard?

Thanks for the writeup! In-depth reviews are always lacking in a scene where getting your review out of the door ASAP is what drives the clicks. I think this could do with some formatting and headers. It's kinda hard to read.

Thanks! However, besides power, do you think the 2025 Artificer is better? I am very interested in the following questions: Is it easier to enact the fantasy of this class now? Are the rules easier to use? Are there less broken options? (A personal annoyance for me was an artificer stacking...

In my most recent campaign, I limited player options and wrote some species specific lore for each in a campaign handout. It has worked great!

Yeah this is it. 15 bucks is half the price of the PHB on DDB. Why is this so expensive? Why does it have to be exclusive to DDB? The answer is probably, it is cheap to make and sell and they can keep all the money. No new art had to be made for this, since they had the magic cards already...

Anyone had something come up at the table yet?

It's crazy how long the Eberron has already been delayed. I am happy I got the new starter set just in time for a local con, but this is bothersome. It does give me more time to think about whether or not I want the FR books with the Alt covers...

Same. The pushback of release dates is getting rediculous in the EU. But at least I am not Asia or Australia based...

Alright! I just had two days doing two 2-hr session at the board game con Spellenspektakel here in Utrecht using the new D&D starter set: Heroes of the Borderlands. I had one non-combat encounter where the party could help a wagon teetering off a cliff as the horse in front of it was panicing...

Just play it like you play your old games. You’ll have fun. I don’t think you will understand until you do. You seem to have some mechanical preferences that might not allow you to enjoy it, which is a shame! It is a popular game and easy to find people to play with.

Do I really have to get the receipts? You started responding to my posts here, where I had been talking to Horwarth, who had a very bold statement that I tried to give more nuance. Yes, of course a game needs balance, and it is important that people test the game for that, and that those...

C'mon man, you started quoting my posts when I was talking about that subject. I am not saying you said that. This is going nowhere.

I know things could be made simpler, that is not what I am arguing about. Don’t try to make it what we are disagreeing about. I said that ONLY listening to optimizers isn’t how you playtest your game. Balance isn’t #1 of the game design priority in 5e.

House rule it yourself if you are the DM. Talk to your DM if you are a player and you want to use the background. Yes, it is not optimal.