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Whoops. I could have sworn I read otherwise. I just kept cycling through them. Yeah, if they don’t use them more than once, they are lackluster. I totally agree with you then. Still, their numbers and design works a bit better in some cases. They deal a lot more damage, for a start.

Eh, I think you misunderstood. Villain actions can be used multiple times per fight. I thought it would be weaker to only do something off-turn once, but it actually speeds up the game because I interrupt the turn flow less. My players enjoyed that too. Listen, I don’t like everything about...

Why do you say that? I have had great success with them.

Same for me!

Why? Because I believe in the game at the table being different than the game discussed here on the forums. Testing helps me run better games. And solo fights are classic. I want them to be possible in D&D. So far only MCDM seems to have figured out how to do it well.

Alright! I tested the new Ancient Gold Dragon today against a kitted out group of 3 20th level characters. I rolled up a list of totally random itemsbased on the magic item tracker sheet. The PC's also had most resources reduced by 1/3rd to simulate some adventuring beforehand. We had a Circle...

Am I calculating something wrong? A lvl19 PC has a High budget of 17,200. Times 4 = 68,800 68,800 - 65.000 = 3,800 left. So it's without lair actions, right? EDIT: Oh, the gold dragon lair doesn't have lava :devilish:

Alright, since you guys have been arguing about it: tomorrow I will test the dragon agianst a 19th level party. To even out the initiative, I will add 4 Metallic Peacekeepers. I'll use the Red Dragon lair from Fizban's, but I haven't decided on much else. Any advice to make this gold dragon...

Talking more about age. All who said yes had to be born in the 80's or earlier.

Woah, this says a lot about the demographic of ENWorld :o

Sure, they should be able to defeat it, I'd just prefer it to be a tense fight. I will be testing 4 lvl19 PC's against one this weekend.

I mean, if you fight in the best way for a fighter to fight it, sure. But the dragon can use its reach. Maybe try a sharpshooter build.

Hmm, characters teleport around a lot and don't tend to instantly die at tier 4. I'm gonna test him out this saturday in the Red Dragon lair from Fizban's against a lvl16 party.

Like with most clickbait questions in a title: the answer is 99% no. No, sandbox campaigns are not dead.

Banishment can only be used once per round. It looks nice. I don't think it can challenge a full lvl20 party, but nice.

I expect another video that’s too long with a bunch of old white dudes who tell me nothing I actually am interested in. I have done online viewing parties for all of the previously premiered videos on 5e24, but I am tired boss.

Hold up. That banish. DC24 Cha save or deal damage, incapacitate someone, take them out of the fight and PLACE THEM BACK ANYWHERE WITHIN 120FT OF THE DRAGON!? There's gonna be a lot of characters dropped from 120ft or higher into lava. Also: no attack bonus on the stat block for guiding bolt...

No-one here thinks that, or are you being given the impression otherwise?

Dissenting elements just becomes thread-derailing negativity. It's tiresome. There are some I can't ignore here because they pull entire discussions towards their discontent with 5e. Civil as it might be, it's never eye opening, inspiring or fun.