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Why go from actively ignoring it as a thing even deserving a footnote to asking how many I would allow?Would you not agree that the...
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To say that there is no mechanical force behind it is the understatement of this site. An 8 intelligence caster per 5e RAW can cast 9th...
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It measures threat. Encounter building works like this: If monster and PC levels are equal: 4 minions per PC 2 troopers per PC 1...
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Why do you think short rests deserve such a pass in service of enabling the short rest class nova loop? All such a section would do is...
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Leomunds invincible bunker should probably return to its earlier incarnations.
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Huh? No...I'm just replying to the idea that someone who can cast Dispel Magic is also smart enough to know what to use it on. One...
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Are you asserting that such monsters npcs & so on always have the spell prepared so they can burn a 3rd level slot to dispel the...
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Who says every spell is available to every caster of every culture? Also, dispel magic is third level. How do we know they even have 5th...
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If you were to make a hypothetical list of monsters capable of dispelling leonunds invincible bunker, what percentage of the monster...
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L I'm going to say that you're example rings pretty hollow. I've seen more than one group where the wizard refuses to choose LTH only...
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The GMs aren't happy. The Players are happy... Until they hear of a table that has better boss fights or remember their video game boss...
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How many enemies, do you suppose, know what LTH even is? Can they make the necessary Arcana check to know that the opaque thing that...
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So you had no part whatsoever in their perception that time was of the essence? Given I know your attitude runs very old-school, when...
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I very much believe that, yes. More than ever before in 5e (perhaps earlier).
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A few people spoke positively about spell point variants. I've played with and run games that used it occasionally since the 3.x...
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