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    WotC Would you buy WotC products produced or enhanced with AI?

    I voted yes. Absolutely I would use all I could get. Aside from the fact it is legal, I also think it is entirely ethical, even if it is a direct copy. Personally, I think the whole concept of "intellectual property" is flawed. I don't think people or corporations should be allowed to "own"...
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    WotC Would you buy WotC products produced or enhanced with AI?

    It is a safe bet the computer or tablet you typed this on uses software based on code originally stolen from Xerox.
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    The two things that annoy me the most are the endless demand for balance and being anit-AI in general and anti-AI art in specific. There is a large portion of the fanbase just unwilling to consider changing despite the improvements that would follow and these bases of players are so influential...
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    D&D (2024) Potion miscibility, permanent effects and using potions in the future.

    Utilize can be very effective once you consider magic items. With Disengage and Dash as a free bonus action and Haste action the speed can make a Monk immune to melee attacks and sometimes immune to all attacks because they can get out of range. That 180 ft move a turn. With a focus step of...
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    D&D (2024) Potion miscibility, permanent effects and using potions in the future.

    It is not presented as a variant or optional rule in 2024, it is presented as RAW.
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    D&D (2024) Eye Tyrant. Who Died and Made You Gygax?? Design Your Own D&D 2024X3.

    If I am in charge I work for WOTC, so I am a corporate hack. Whether it is good business or not, I do whatever the Hasbro big wigs want to maximize my Christmas bonus and then when I get off work I go play Pathfinder with my friends.
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    D&D (2024) Potion miscibility, permanent effects and using potions in the future.

    We had a 9th level Monk today who was under a potion of speed drink a potion of Cloud Giant Strength. Rolled a 00 on the mixing potions table (only one works but it is permanent). PC knows I rolled a 00 (all rolls public). We were at a good time to stop so I said let me think about it and...
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    WotC Chris Cao has left WotC

    Rumor is that Cao was not an RPG gamer and really thought building digital RPG content was no different than video games. He also supposedly was pro-Sigil and anti-maps and anti-DNDBeyond with the latter two being far more successful and liked by the customer base. He also allegedly said he...
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    D&D 5E 5.0 Retrospective. Races Most/Least Popular (anecdotes).

    In games I play probably half-orcs if we are talking only PHB races. If we are including all the other races published elsewhere probably Orcs or Hobgoblins. Didn't see any of those that I remember. Also only 1 Genasi I think, and I can't remember the type. Lots of Shaddar Kai, Eladrin...
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    D&D 5E 2024 new multi-target spell up casting in 2014

    This is true, but these two spells affect just about everything. I don't think any creature is immune to command, and only those immune to incapacitated are immune to THL.
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    D&D 5E 2024 new multi-target spell up casting in 2014

    I said it always upscaled above, however the spell itself is MUCH different now. In 2014 you needed to speak the langauge of the target which made it very, very situational and you couldn't use it on Undead even if they did speak your language. You could use it on maybe 2 in 10 monsters you...
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    D&D 5E 2024 new multi-target spell up casting in 2014

    Tasha's Hideous Laughter and Command For both of these the real problem is not just multiple targets (and command already had that), but rather that the spells now affect every creature type, almost everything is vulnerable to them on a failed save. One of the main drawbacks of a caster is...
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    D&D (2024) What are your 2024 houserules?

    When I am DM I houserule the following: General: Light weapon property requires using weapons in different hands Can only change weapons in each hand once in a turn regardless of number of attacks Graze, Topple masteries limited to once per turn Gain one level of exhaustion if reduced to 0 hps...
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    D&D 5E What is the Deal with the Twilight Cleric?

    Twilight Cleric is a powerful subclass, You get a lot compared to other Clerics: Heavy Weapons AND Heavy Armor AND a good Channel Divinity AND better darkvision than Drow .... No other subclass gets this much in the first two levels. That said, it has not caused problems in play in any of the...
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    D&D (2024) Best Classes 1-20 5.5 vs 5.0

    This is probably true for most groups, but i hit 20 all the time with 2 groups i play with.
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    D&D (2024) Best Classes 1-20 5.5 vs 5.0

    So why give a runner up prize with multiple builds? Here are the best options IMO: 5e: In a 5E combat game an Elf or Dwarf Bladesinger is pretty boss at all levels and is a melee god (for 5E) past level 11. Level 1 before the subclass is the only level they are not balls to the wall top tier...
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    D&D (2024) Fireball is a C Tier Spell

    As I said the goal is to reduce the number of enemy actions that occur during the fight. You are making your stunning strikes more effective. More enemies are losing actions doing to being stunned. Using stunning strike on an enemy that is going to die or be otherwise controlled before its...
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    D&D (2024) Fireball is a C Tier Spell

    If you want to yes you can move without causing an OA by using a bonus action, but you can also move an cause an OA (assuming the enemy has a melee attack and a reaction available). But I'm not sure why this is even relevant. You don't get 3 attacks at level 4 you get 2, including 1 attack...
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    D&D (2024) Fireball is a C Tier Spell

    At 17th level your chance to hit is going to be closer to 80-90% Regardless it scales either way. 6.5 DPR is 19% boost to the at will damage you do as a Monk (not counting magic bonuses). So if you are scaling with 60% chance to hit that 4 extra damage increases DPR from 21 to 25. That is...
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    D&D (2024) Fireball is a C Tier Spell

    Sometimes, but not usually. The key to a fight is limiting an enemies actions. The enemey will get a certain number of actions to kill you. You take away actions by killing them, but you also take them away through options like Stun. As I said on enemies on a high AC that is better, but...
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