Recent content by tetrasodium

No I violently disagree and in failing to demonstrate what the PCs still need within 5e you confirmed the problem. A setting can not be built and expect to run on chewing gum like "expect extremely enthusiastic player buy-in or blame the players". The system itself said "give the players what...

The baseline is not really compatible with the question imo. I can't think of any conceptually coherent setting that could be designed to fit 5e PCs rather than simply managing to continue functioning in spite of the fact that the PCs are the very embodiment of starfish aliens with no ties to...

On the tangent of 5es hp inflation trying to make up for monsters they are not adequately stated for appropriate defense, I think we've seen better solutions in the past. As clunky and lolbroke as the system itself can be, I think that the HP/MDC divide I. Rifts is a far more elegant solution...

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Did you not play earlier editions? Those past editions had an Ac spread that provided a much wider range for growth in the past as well but that too was complicated in build specific ways with asf ACP skill check penalty dex mod cap expected magic item churn and so on in ways that makes it hard...

The point was about the math having room to grow not just attribute bonuses. Weapon attacks added BaB (up to +20) l. Spells tended to add spell level or caster level depending on what was being done. Skills likewise added far more than just a +5 but it's simpler to point out the dc table...

That's easy to say when talking about a nebulous hypothetical, but that's not how or why it plays out at the table. Disagreements like the one @ECMO3 mentioned come to headbutting because the answer to his "which one do we use" question can determine if the player can make use of some cool...

They dredge up flashbacks to the times I sat at a table with time & fun sucking spiked chain trip builds for me. I cannot fathom how they went through to publication without stomping move attack question the gm move attack question the gm repeat or locking down what is in your hand when rather...

This is just a round about think of the children! If there is a good reason for the game to cater towards this undefined feel good undefined subset of players Define it and let those reasons why it should be catered to stand in their own merit. If that subset of players can not be clearly...

Id class the coffee lock fix in xgte as a crowning example. Rather than issue an errata to fix a bunch of warlock wording that granted the appearance of opening a door that forced GMs to repeatedly say "no actually" there was a blurb stuck in somewhere about sleep that the gm would need to...

Yes drastically. You are pushing the erroneous idea pointed out in bold I deliberately chose to include a link to technical writing for dummies because one of the earliest concepts it covers is striking the right balance between clarity and losing the reader. In fact if you've ever read one of...

Not addressing what I said there

Because"natural language" is still being treated as an improvement rather than acknowledged as a bridge or six too far. For whatever reason there is this , (erroneous) idea of that technical writing required and immediate catapult into the realm of knockoff ikea engrish assembly instructions...

Very much agree. The failure to provide a sidebar cutout option that strips at will cantrips and replaces them with something else no longer unlimited at will auto scaling by character level after so many years is incredibly frustrating. I'm tired of the accusations faced from being sandwiched...

I wouldn't fathom to guess either way. It's hard to say how much say those two has over 5e's more questionable design choices and how much was mandated from somewhere further up the chain at wotc or hasbro