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You are actively avoiding the point multiple posters have made. Making a character that "can" be on the front line doesn't mean that...

Resolving conflict through ways other than trusting in plot armor and hitting it on the head repeatedly doesn't have to mean that combat...

Don't be dense. I'm not talking every obstacle, but if your first inclination is "I can take this head-on" without regard for some...

That is the reason why older editions didn't try to rush the nearest bbeg trusting in the power of plot armor and instead worked to do...

I'm in the camp "Shoulda been more careful before rushing in or considered a different approach than fighting." Of course, I've been...

Perhaps, but that would have nothing to do with my point back in post 31 about the quoted post drastically understating the impact of a...

What the heck are you talking about? 3.x is the edition that standardized ability score bonuses at +/-1 every 2 points up/down from...

The part your missing is all of the tension before you hit 0. In the current system, there is basically zero tension until a player...

The relatively high con bonuses everyone knows today didn't come about till 3.x. Getting crit with a high roll on 2-12 was still a huge...

I had that problem today. They were fighting a noble who they had learned was a blue dragon sorcerer (intended to warn them about his...

I've more than once seen 5e players derail the session about monster stat blocks and such for a bit demanding how it was capable of...

I very much agree. There's a huge difference between that kind of plot armor style item working around the system and something like...

That block has another pet peeve of mine, though. In this case, magical blades that do incredible damage but have a specific clause that...

I liked these. Telegraphed their ability by having them cut through a door.