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If its something that concerns you (as it does me) I'd recommend house ruling the many subpar weapons/armor to be more attractive, instead of artificially limiting magic items.

5e's mix of encounter and daily resources and their management really is weird.

Its one thing people not familiar with 4e seem to worry about. It seems pretty self regulating to me. At least one person is going to go "Guys I'm tapped let's take a long rest."

Boromir was going to die earlier from fumbling a jump check over a chasm but Tolkien fudged it because it was boring. But when Boromir started to die after falling sway to the Ring and then saving Frodo, he let it stand because it was an awesome story. And because Boromir's player was fine...

Yes, but then spell schools have always been pretty odd.

The idea that someone thinks they can perfectly do that fascinates me.

Hello kettle!

What are your published game design credentials? Why are you surprised that people got upset when you intentionally trolled them? Who are you to be so arrogant?

Show me where on the beholder plushie that 5th edition touched you.

Nope. There I could a saved you guys a lot of time and smug arguing.

I agree with you, but sometimes I fudge the rules.

An unsurprisingly dumb and hostile post from you in an otherwise interesting and polite thread. One day you may learn how to interact with other people or effectively get your point across. But not today.

The problem being that dice are random, and can skew in weird directions. That randomness can result in things just not being interesting. I don't want the DM to be Judge Dredd, allowing no nuance or interpretation. Making no decisions, just sterile rulings based solely on the Law of the Dice...

Here's the thing. You deciding the monsters are standing on a rug to pull and alerting the player without them asking is just as "fudgy" as just making the fight easier mechanically. Though I like the creative city of it.

I'll take what I can get!

I'm the god that wants player characters to live a long but interesting life full of close calls and trauma.

At least in my case, you would be very wrong. I loathe playing through the DMs unpublished fantasy novel. You're painting in others intentions with far too narrow a brush.

Actually whether you believe it or nor, I roll almost all attacks in the open. My players like the thrill of seeing the critical hit that knocks them into negative HP's. I even roll a decent amount of other "hidden" rolls in public as well. Say for the town guards Insight vs the PC rogue's Bluff.

99% of the people who have ever sat behind the screen have at one point or another "fudged" or "pulled something left field and unplanned out of their butt." 99% of the people who have ever played at your table have done something you would consider cheating, at one time or another. It...

Oh I wouldn't change a trap like that in a string of similar traps. But then I highly doubt I'd put a string of the same trap with the exact same DC close together. But then I'm also the opposite of a simulationist. And I don't think a DM can really cheat in that way. I could just as easily...