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"See[ing]" itis an incredibly low bar. I've seen it too, more than once led along by a gm hoping to prune a dead end branch on player...
Nov 7, 2025
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Tome of Battle mention doesn't make it any more appealing lol.
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Or in simple terms. Older editions of D&D assumed that both the PCS and the Monsters had magic items after a certain amount of magic...
Nov 7, 2025
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I see the problem by looking at the examples in the last paragraph of your post, none of them apply to what I was talking about when you...
Nov 7, 2025
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not sure why that would be relevant, this was a criticism of D&D and something WotC should address. Pretending that something is fine...
Nov 6, 2025
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Sure, but you can definitely exaggerate for what kind of proof you require in a casual discussion about RPGs. Asking for the exact quote...
Nov 6, 2025
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yes, but that is also why Mearls calls them a cheap hack. The better solution is to fix the system than put a some duct tape on the...
Nov 6, 2025
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Sure, if he was trying to get published or whatever...this is just a message board, there's no burden. You can look it up yourself, but...
Nov 6, 2025
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Your arguing a completely irrelevant point using hair splitting focus on where the only real mention is found to paper over the fact...
Nov 6, 2025
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in which way? by allowing for the spells to be resisted instead of having to address the underlying issue? sure, but that also is what...
Nov 6, 2025
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what exactly is the claim you are referring to? As far as I can tell the OP contains the following quote from Mearls Did they have a...
Nov 6, 2025
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Nah. You're not his supervisor. He doesn't owe you anything; you're just a random guy on a message board. He's not trying to get an...
Nov 6, 2025
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You are splitting the hair a bit too finely there. The days of players being forbidden from reading the DMG are a long way past & it...
Nov 6, 2025
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Nah. He said what to look for; he doesn't have to do the work to provide links and whatnot. It'd be nice, but there's no demand; if...
Nov 6, 2025
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That might apply to the lack of gm facing advice, but not the mechanical subsystems that supported it on the player's sheets. Yes...
Nov 6, 2025
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