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What's the difference? Doesn't system mastery require some additional thought? I've seen a few posts mentioning that some wizard players already have more mental work to do than players of other characters. Does the poll's overwhelming "no" suggest that wizard players think their jobs are...

And too bad - planar stuff is a complete waste of time. I'm not sure what you're reading or whose points you're contesting, but I never said that you can only reskin, nor that it's impossible to give strong monster creation guidance. I suspect you're worried about the "art not science"...

Truth, but 1) I'm impressed if one of the 500+ monsters isn't at least similar to your idea, and 2) since there are so many reskinning options, making your monster from scratch is very likely reinventing the wheel, anyway.

Having over 500 statblocks to re-skin seems more like art to me. With the benefit that you nail WotC's intended CR every single time.

You might want to re-read the original post. That would be kind of awesome. But terribly slow for combat magic. Digression: should wizards even use combat magic? It might be best left to the battle mages . . . That's hard to address without a specific game reference, but if wizards require...

No, and I'm not asking wizard players to cast spells. Rubik's cube? I guess the fighter can do some push-ups for his attack, then. Ah, faith. It's for a different thread, but I've always thought that cleric PCs should have faith in the GM and their own actions when trusting that their deity...

A lack of "locking" is loosely responsible for the D&D Effect: PCs think they can reasonably fight anything. For example, dragons having challenge ratings across the board (just 3e?) ruined the idea, "we're fighting a dragon!? This is going to be epic!" Now it's more like, "we're fighting a...

The character could, but I would expect it more from a PC. From the sound of it, neither of us is married to D&D enough to worry too much about it . . . Are you reading it as, "roll insight to notice mannerisms?" Because I'm reading it as, "roll insight to determine intentions." Which is a...

I thought of that, which is why the subject says, "wizardry." But it makes me wonder: should other caster players have other requirements? Is it, though? Alien: Isolation makes the video game player solve a shape-matching puzzle to unlock doors. It tells the player, "you can't just press a...

I would like to add acknowledging that the abbreviation NDND should be a thing.

Those actually sound like interesting options to me. So I'm hearing that the sucky part was just that it was the most frequent status condition.

Oh, so wizardry should require player wisdom instead? 🤓

Right? What if Stunned just means that your physical options are out, which doesn't affect your mental or magical ones? Or you still have your muscle memory (physical), but your mental options are restricted? "Never lose a turn" seems like a boring game to me. I don't want to see it in every...

GM: Stephen, you're up. SH: I c a s t m a g i c m i s s i l e . GM: And? SH: O h s o r r y . I d i d n ' t c a l c u l a t e t h e f l u x c a p a c i t a t i o n y e t . GM: No problem. Everyone, Stephen's wizard starts casting a spell. Stephen, let me know when you're ready. Gronk, you're...

Good question. Spartans cover each other, according to Zak Snyder, anyway.

It must be Amazon phishing for OP's age, then. @rhythmsoundmotion , do you have an Alexa in the house?

So the duke's valet dropped a bag on the ground and almost spilled its contents. He gathered it up quickly, but looked nervous about it, so a PC shouts "I'm rolling Insight! What are his intentions?" And the DM has to say, "welp, he's sleeping with the duke's boyfriend?" I'd assume that the...

Dungeon delving strikes me as a high-prep type of game. Could you clarify this? Not from an old-school perspective. Or a role-playing one. As someone who GMs more often than he PCs, I like the rolls to suggest what kind of character I should be making.

I think Amazon has a beef with Texas, not DCC. Which is understandable.

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