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Yes it is. And Mearls admits it himself in the original article.

This. I hope nobody is really surprised about that it literally is stated in the DMG. No they are not overlooked. In the DMG it clearly...

I said no recently. Silvery Barbs spell.

I think it's less that they hadn't figured it out and more that they hadn't admitted it. Heck, WotC still hasn't. Mearls had to leave...

I think a contributing factor is the lack of a middle ground when it comes to PC resources. 4e has powers that can be used at-will, per...

That can take time though or be frustrating/morimg. 6-8 fights its 2 or 3 sessions just combat.

Some have explicit time limit eg Tomb of Annihilation. But mostly no.

Players will fight this tooth and nail - and they won't be wrong to do so. As a player I would fight it tooth and nail - or more likely...

The PCs are special narrative helps feed confirmation bias and reject any evidence to the contrary stepping up to the wall of "it's...

Rival adventurers. Now that's the way to generate time pressure! Really strains the "PCs are special" paradigm though.

Unfortunately for some folks here, I feel this has to remain a table issue unless WotC can be convinced that there's money in promoting...

Of course, it's always possible that the players are having fun with the nova loop and 5mwd, but the GM wants something else. That's...

I believe I've flatly stated that bold bit more than once while pointing out that the players feel entitled to those rests because they...

The players doing it are having fun. Usually those players are A: a warlock/hexadin/etc who gets to throw out fireball smite or...

Yup. I feel this set-up is distressing common, and the social contract combined with the official rules puts pressure on the GM to...