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Or, another possibility is a keen weapon that has expanded crit ranges only under certain circumstances. A range of 19-29 vs Giants, a range of 15-20 once per day, something to add flavor or tactics without invalidating the Champion or leading to power creep.

So what is the rest of the party going to do while you solo the encounter? :p Seriously, though, that kind of play is pretty much what concentration was designed to stop. Not saying it's bad. Just saying that in a previous edition all that led to was a martial character who felt like he was...

I don't get it. Character "motivation" should be the least of a DM's worries. Seriously. First, there's the tried-and-true method: "Your characters decide not to go into town? OK, hand me your sheets. Now roll up characters that have a reason for participating in this adventure, or you can...

They're just a myth. I don't think they exisss....oomph!

If you have to wait 15-25 minutes between turns in 5e, you're doing something very wrong! I've played in groups of 7 players, and my turn came around within 3-4 minutes, maximum. In my normal group (4 players, me GM), the average round takes 2 minutes, especially when we roll to hit and damage...

Because the problem in pathfinder right now is that not enough people know how to optimize their characters... Do not be surprised if this was driven by PFS. We already know how much Paizo caters to them (see "Crane Wing Nerf"... an issue totally driven by the low level PFS adventures and...

So you are contending that Hasbro & WotC have not made a profit? Not even $100? Because if they have, then they are "doing well" (according to YOUR OWN definition). Which totally invalidates your original complaint. Which was my point.

Define "doing well." The fact that they haven't gone bankrupt (yet) is hardly a sign of prosperity. In fact, TSR published the most stuff right before they went under. How much profit did FFG make on SW? Would it even be measurable/lauded in another industry? The vast majority of these...

Define "successful". With statistics to back it up. Because, based on what I've seen, there are almost no successful RPG game companies at all. There are a few garage-companies that are barely making a profit. There is Paizo, the industry leader at this point, who is tiny compared to any...

One concern to be aware of. With bounded accuracy, numbers of attackers are more dangerous that attacker power (in general). So, despite the fact that your kobolds have 1 hp, they still do 1d4+2ish (5 points avg.) and hit pretty often (especially in packs with advantage). So they will still...

I was just about to say this. I can understand a person who plans on writing adventures for sale wanting an OGL or moving on to another addition. But playing the game? I play twice a month, have completed LMoP and we've just started HotDQ. It'll be 6-8 months before we are done. What would...

I know you are agreeing with me, but I want to clarify something and don't want to post/quote where it will contravene the owner's wishes. So allow me to respond that the issue is not what the "role" is or is not called. It is whether or not the role is built. In all of the discussion, the...

Actually, I don't. I am not allowed to have or express any opinion that might be construed in recognizing the differences between editions, unless said differences are used to praise the particular edition that some players prefer. Then I may recognize the non-existant differences, which exist...

Except this isn't a discussion of roles in 4e. THAT'S why we have 1000+ posts on this thread, because fans of a particular edition have decided to "educate" the rest of us about how they played an old edition of the game! This thread is (or was supposed to be) about the roles in 5e. The only...

I finished LMoP a month ago and we restarted for HotDQ. While my players didn't initially like the idea, by the time we finished LMoP, the whole group were eager to try new ideas, now that they had a better handle on the rules. So you might find that the group will be ok with rebooting after...

Eh, that is a useful approach, if I was really married to the high mortality campaign. Even using the "pathfinder society" type story, where the group (team) is what drives the narrative could work. But I'm just not as emphatic about it as I once was. My players (the same group from the...

I thought about that after I posted, but since the statement I was parodying has little resemblance to reality anyway, I just let it slide...

And I don't find your response convincing or persuasive.

The reality is that many of us play the game for different reasons now than we did in the past. I never played the really high mortality games in the late 70s/early 80s that I know was popular at the cons. But the guys playing at the cons were playing one-offs whose goal was to see how far...

Just think about this. Paizo (whose Pathfinder game you said you would be switching to... So why do you care enough to continue to post about 5e?) employs a TON of people, meaning the profits of the game are being split among all those employees, leaving each employee to get only a pittance...