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XXetheral replied to the thread D&D 5E Martials v Casters...I still don't *get* it..I think we're talking about different things. You seem to be taking about a perception of lackluster caster contribution to combat. I'm...
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XXetheral replied to the thread D&D 5E Martials v Casters...I still don't *get* it..I'm confused. My question was whether people see players complain when another player brings a utility-focused caster to the table. What...
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XXetheral replied to the thread D&D 5E Martials v Casters...I still don't *get* it..Out of curiousity, how often do people actually see grumbling from the other players when someone brings a utility-focused caster to the...
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XXetheral replied to the thread D&D 5E Martials v Casters...I still don't *get* it..I agree that spells will be more impactful. Just pointing out that it's possible to make a martial with a round-by-round decision tree...
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XXetheral replied to the thread D&D 5E Martials v Casters...I still don't *get* it..5e doesn't make it easy, but with multiclassing, feats, and careful subclass choice one can make a martial with a complex decision tree...
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XXetheral replied to the thread D&D 5E Martials v Casters...I still don't *get* it..If your casters aren't casting out-of-combat utility spells at your table, then why do the players of martial classes feel left behind...
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XXetheral reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D 5E Martials v Casters...I still don't *get* it. with
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I think the reason this topic always is difficult and consensus is hardly ever agreed is because a) we all want different preferences... -
XXetheral reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D 5E Martials v Casters...I still don't *get* it. with Like.
Selection bias? :) The people that discuss issues on forums are not usually representative of the TTRPG community as a whole.
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XXetheral reacted to Asisreo's post in the thread D&D 5E Martials v Casters...I still don't *get* it. with Like.
I've gotten this feeling because of the 7 years I've played 5e, I've never had a player tell me or the DM that they felt underpowered...
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XXetheral reacted to prabe's post in the thread D&D 5E Martials v Casters...I still don't *get* it. with Like.
Because --often--if someone wants to play a Fighter they want to do what they think of as Fighter-things. If they want to play a Rogue...
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XXetheral reacted to DemoMonkey's post in the thread D&D General On Skilled Play: D&D as a Game with Like.
Yeah, part of the burden of being a DM is that it's like being a magician. You can't reveal what's behind the curtain to anyone else...
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XXetheral reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D 5E What D&D Does That is So Good: A Celebration of 5e's Advantages with Like.
I mentioned this, briefly, in the OP when I said, But fundamentally, WoTC/Hasbro did a lot of playtesting, and released the product that...
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XXetheral replied to the thread D&D General That Which Cannot Be Fought.Yes, my homebrew world is full of "bigger fish" NPCs and some of them are so "big" as to be practically unbeatable in combat. That...
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XXetheral reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D General why brass and bronze dragons? with Haha.
Think of it from an in-narrative perspective. The Metallic Dragons are just animals like the rest of us that happen to have shiny...
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XXetheral replied to the thread D&D General Do you care about lore?.I don't care about the lore of published settings precisely because of the lack of continuity between editions. If I could count on...
