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tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.I'd say that shifting from flat energy resist and DR to 50% pretty squarely falls under that "if". The change erased the downside posed... -
tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells?filter-attack-type=1&filter-partnered-content=f&filter-search=...
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tetrasodium reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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Why are you assuming fumbling only applies to martials? Casters should be able to fumble or mess up their spells as well. -
tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.The multiple attacks pc also gets the benefit being hurt less when one attack misses or they roll low on an attack that adds...
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tetrasodium reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with
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Why does the misfire rate double from 5% to 10% here? For me, if you misfire 5% of the time per attack at one attack per round you... -
tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.Actually up until 5e casters faced a problem directly related to that. Specifically very low hp and the general inability to wear armor...
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tetrasodium reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Odd, in that the more dice you roll at once the less random (i.e. more predictable) the result is likely to be; the law of averages will...
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tetrasodium reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
and you do not consider the wheels coming off on the highway a design flaw? What about not telling anyone that the car is only semi-safe...
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tetrasodium reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
There’s actually 2 ‘problems’ 1. Monsters failing control saves too easily. Going to 3 saves should help monsters as however you...
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tetrasodium reacted to eclair~'s post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Love.
The problem with this sort of design is, let's take Power Word: Kill. If your DM tells you exactly how much HP a creature has left...
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tetrasodium reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Designing to 20 looks pretty open-ended from the perspective of someone only playing to 12; even more so if some ongoing arithmetical...
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tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.It's been over a decade. Not including so much as a sidebar setting an expectation of need for GM action in a UA or ALPH/ALDMG in all...
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tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition.I agree. Likewise with the comment someone else made about designing it to avoid the wheels falling off or whatever. The fact that...
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tetrasodium reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Love.
20 levels aren’t exactly open ended though they are also the easier ones to balance. I just don’t think a ‘we tried’ gets you much when...
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tetrasodium reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
The DM running out of steam and-or duct tape is a symptom of the underlying loss of wheels, not the cause. For me, all it needs is a...