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tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.2e & 3.x were vancian. In 5e everyone was changed to spontaneous & flexible neovancian casting. 4e as ADEU. It would avoid a lot of... -
tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered?.There are two sides to that scenario you note, but you present it as if one is incapable of being unreasonable and the other is...
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tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.The increased monster damage is an illusion though because death saves erase it and then some. Having death saves completely overrides...
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tetrasodium reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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For ten years I struggled a lot with this stuff and then Doom points from Tales of the Valiant came out. I renamed them "dreadful... -
tetrasodium reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered? with
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Our twilight cleric got it as a domain spell at 5th level, and has pretty much cast religiously (pun intended) every long rest... -
tetrasodium reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General Has Tiny Hut actually affected your game? Or has it otherwise mattered? with
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Sure, but you're still having to make modifications to the game or focus on enemies who can use magic a lot more. The game as presented... -
tetrasodium reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Its because they also cranked up player damage. Anything with a bad wisdom save paralyze it. Double damage. Most/all of the warrior...
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tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.This 100%! I would love for the focus to go back to the dungeon as a whole vrs individual encounters but PCs have too many exception...
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tetrasodium reacted to I'm A Banana's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Love.
I know "tradition" is a popular scapegoat 'round these parts, but honestly it's just differing priorities. While nuking traditional...
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tetrasodium reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
He isn't completely wrong in some aspects. His ideas for legendary saves are pretty good, and removes the boring "Monster uses...
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tetrasodium reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
I should also note that back in 2e days, Magic users would focus their attention more on buffing the melee PCs and protecting them when...
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tetrasodium reacted to SpellObjectEnthusiast's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
The Incapacitation tag is working as intended then. You simply aren't meant to be able to use control effects against higher level foes.
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tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.It's a pretty extreme deviation from the long post he actually wrote. I don't think that the selective quoting was deliberately...
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tetrasodium reacted to mearls's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Wow, that is the most elegant expression I've ever seen of the core tension in 5e. Having played a lot of AD&D and B/X (via OSE) in the...
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tetrasodium reacted to guachi's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
New group of PCs to 5e some time in 2016. PCs encounter their first legendary creature at lvl 5. Monk uses his Stunning Strike thing and...