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I wouldn't agree with that bolded bit because of how it actually played at the table. Classes either fell into one of two buckets...

Looks like we were making similar points at the same time. Although the trouble is that shifting from vancian prep to 5e's flexible...

I think that the problem is to some degree less a matter of how many than how flexible they have become under 5e's neo vancian prep. If...

No it's what you actually suggested because I've been talking about short rest nova loops and you keep quoting me ignoring that...

Yeah, that would (and occasionally does) frustrate me. I want to run a somewhat (fantasy) realistic game where challenges exist and...

I was more thinking options. Unfortunately 5.5 was designed without any.

I think that bolded bit is really central to the root of the problem. You can see how obviously responsible it is by looking at how...

The point was that you aren't expected to manage your resources from the time you leave down until the time you got back. Also not...

Yeah, some sort of fronts. GM can decide things, but it would be super helpful if there actually was some sort of scaffolding for the GM...

One difference between 5e and 4E experience would be that even if the players in the 4e game were acting "wimpy" and demanding regular...

The problem, of course, is that constant pressure is absolutely exhausting. Like, you're right that the GM needs to do this, but the...

Yeah published adventures tend to suck. Leomunds Vault Tech Secure Nuclear Bunker can be a problem.

Except there aren't any in that adventure...* And saying "well the DM has to modify the adventure" is all well and good, but why does...

I thought so too, until I was introduced to the horror that is Leomund's Tiny Fallout Shelter.

Could be. Some were also friends and family. I'm also fairly thorough when bringing people into a game. I want them to know what to...