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zottel reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with
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so he liked 5e a lot, I assume he is therefore predisposed to also like 5.5, but somehow does not. Doesn’t that take something in 5.5... -
zottel reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Absolutely this. Take the berserker. You got a powerful boon (a third attack) at a tremendous cost (exhaustion). There was a...
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zottel reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I run a weekly D&D 2024 game and EVRY SESSION players find things about it that were bad choices by the design team, that make the game...
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zottel reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Well, it certainly points to the unintended consequences of the system design. Keith's objections to this model really require a lower...
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zottel reacted to Nightfly's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
WOW. The difference between these two statblocks is really striking. Never mind how much better the physical stats are for the Warrior...
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zottel reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
No one here should be taking Keith's decision personally. You and he are allowed to go different ways.
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zottel reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
EDIT: Yikes. I embarrass myself. This thread is hilarious. I remember when "The monsters know what they are doing" was a darling. But...
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zottel reacted to Nightfly's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Whether you agree with Keith or not, I think he makes some objectively good points. Maybe I'd even say undeniable points. Now that he's...
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zottel reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
it’s the slight changes that push it over the line for me, spectral wings with no downsides, respeccing things on a long rest so you...
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zottel reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Well, he's communicating with his blog audience who are there for 5E monster posts and explaining that things may be changing. It was...
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zottel reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Why anyone would want to skip them, I don’t know. The early tiers are the most fun in my opinion, why would you want to shorten the time...
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zottel reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I think it's clear he's sincerely realizing that modern D&D isn't for him. That happens all the time, without anyone having a...
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zottel reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
That is what Keith’s post read like to me, that 2024 leaned into epic fantasy moreso than 2014 and to the detriment of everything else...
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zottel reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Keith is allowed to feel that 2024 D&D is too bright and big and high powered for him. His mistake, IMO, is in insisting that it marks...
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zottel reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I mean, he may be exaggerating, but I do not disagree with “One of the things I love—and I speak in the present tense—about 5E14 is...