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You're doing a pretty decent job, yourself. We joined at the same time and, this being post 4456 for me, I've got more than 40 times more than you. That makes you the clear winner, I'd say.

I'm trying to encourage him to leave this thread and spend his time in more friendly conversation, instead of wasting his time defending the way he plays. The 5e forum has been slow lately. I miss Max.

I'm boggling at why Max has spent sooooo much effort trying to get through to people who aren't even listening to him- A BALL! Edit- oh. I see he's found someone who's actually listening. That took a long time.

Of course it's not inherently bad, and as you suggest, you really don't need to defend yourself. It's just another style. It's even the way I played most of 3e and 4e, and the only reason I'm not applying it in my current game is because I was hankering for an old school dungeon crawl where the...

I don't think Saelorn's talking about jerk DMs. Earlier, you gave an example of play that I'd call a positive example of the style y'all are discussing: . There's nothing of the jerk DM in that at all. You're being a nice, good DM. But inventing a treasure cache because you liked the player's...

The boss fight is a dire bear wielding a wand of lightning bolts.

I never thought they'd ever see use in a game. But my figure will be taking Moderately Armored at 4th level, and another poster in another thread recently mentioned playing a wizard with Lightly Armored. For both characters, what make the feats useful was that we had our Dexterity scores, so we...

The cash gets divided evenly. Any specific magic items goes to whoever most needs or wants it, in a very polite discussion.

Hey! I'm not actually saying that. I'm just recalling that thread (I think it was back on WotC's forum when they still had a forum) where some DM asked if they ought to read the DMG . . . and several people responded with variations of "No." Oh. I guess I am kinda saying that.

Danggit. This would be the perfect opportunity to farm a laugh from you with a joking reference to a long dead thread. Something like "Wait? Someone actually reads the DMG?" . . . But that would seriously risk coming across as a slight on S'mon and I'm definitely never aiming to attack anyone...

If I was gonna give them both, I'd just give them both at 1st level for simplicity. . . . And I think I would give them both. I've been waffling on whether that would be too much, but this Warlock might as well get both.

Yeah, Prestidigitation is definitely more Harry Potterish, and I was about to suggest it as the one to give, but then the warlock can already choose it if they want, and I figured the subclass should get something unique. Thaumaturgy is at least a bit Gandalfian ( his momentarily terrifying...

Has your hand recovered from the inevitable cramps from crosshatching that beast?

That makes sense. That still wouldn't be enough for me to ever consider taking this. I'd be tempted by an additional predetermined cantrip known (available only while holding the wand). Specifically thaumaturgy. It's one of that fun cantrips, but not normally available to warlocks so I'd be...

My planar configuration doesn't include a veil.

Also, the 1st level feature is super-weak. I could just but an arcane focus on the shape of a wand and get the same benefit. Edit: no, it's worse than that. An arcane focus is already part of the warlock's default starting gear. All this feature grants me is that it only works for me. Is that...

What was the theme you had in mind when picking the expanded spell list?

Yeah. When I saw the thread title, I said to myself, "well that doesn't surprise me." Then, to see the book was about Shanghai . . . Surely the writers of a book about China should know enough about China not to print the book in China.

When I suggested adding to the DC because of the danger of Booming Blade, it wasn't too account for the ettin knowing the effect of the spell. I hate trying to account for that sort of thing because it's so nebulous. No that's not quite the right way to say it. Upping the DC by 2 is what...

The megadungeon in running is built on video-games and pop-culture references, using maps from Borderlands 2, monster NPCs that respawn like in Shadow of Mordor, Marvel's Thor as a god, etc. Nobody's bothered to do any actual 4th wall breaking like Deadpool does, but it would totally fit in...