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To me the "access one spell" is trivial and not a key feature of the wizard. To me, every argument about how few spells the eizard will have to choose from runs counter to the emphasis that this "any 9ne dpell" is key and vital. If they only have access to an inadequate number of spells to...

It goes a long way. I will have to assess my house rules when this becomes official.

Yeah, I still never get the equating if "risk" and death (or long term character maiming of some way.) I find games a lot more interesting weith some great toleplaying when the disks are more than "did I survive the fight?"

Nobody said you can do both. This has not bedn about "can I do two reactions" but about "when do I have to choose" between the two options. Its not cheating

"This means that my casters are always preparing utility spells and are expending their slots on social encounters, which makes them heroes to the party in and out of combat." This is I think a key point. First, I find the reliance on targeted cantrips for caster offense and help in social has...

But as an I intelligence, not a good, will it chose to use that ability? The likely result of geas on one PC to drive it to go do something the others do not want is... they break this control and toss thisxwespon into a very very very deep dung heap. Few parties will allow one of their own to...

"Instead, if the players really always want to roll, then a variant rule that works differently in the two cases would be better (that is, use saving throws when the PC is the target, use spell checks when the PC is the caster)." My games use Players Always Roll (PAR) so I as GM never roll...

Really? Really??? Really???? Are your characters encountering "need one key spell puzzles or we are screwed" every day? That us the standard you are asking us to judge on now, right? Does this happen every day? Really? So it applies both ways, really? No. That's not anything like a standard to...

Point buy 27.

Exactly. A temporary paralysis or petrifications is dangerous and lethal risk if it is part of a hunting play where the isolated prey gets eaten- noting lore about eating the rocks for some of the stoners. A temporary paralysis creating a heavy and immobile PC likely very dangerous if during...

"They where #3, behind clerics and druids, for the ability to reconfigure their spell load. After this change, they are now last out of the "pure" casters." Sorry but to me this is way far out of anything I see. The 800 lb. gorilla of "ability to reconfigure your spell load" the wizard hasvover...

Agree. 1e made hp far more vital to survival since dropping to zero was dead. Tho again, the vast majority of 1e and later 2e had so many house rules to plug this and that my recollects of those from 30+ years ago does not conjure any given singular "feel." Each table was its own island of...

Also, to be clear, to mebits less about specific spells copied but ability to provide solutions in areas. I am myself far less concerned with some set- piece about a single specific uncommon spell key-puzzle scene a GM can setup (Because they could set this up for any case) than I am with how...

Have to wait a week to see the final. Normally it would not be added to my existing campaign. Held for next. But since my game right now has journeyed to an Eberron-like area, I may offer them a vote on allowing it as a multi-class option as opposed to an npc-only one. Will know more in a...

My biggest gripe is broad and hard for me to pick. It's more like a list of "I wish they woulda... " I wish they woulda worked in an "adventure mechanic" clock kinda thing which was a little more versatile than types of rests. For example, of the optional DMG healing surge was in play with a...

Thank you. Can you please tell me what I have done in this thread that I must stop doing if I want to not be booted? What transgressions have I done in your eyes to warrant this call out? Thanks.

First thought, why? As in "why are we fighting? If the reason for the PCs to do things is driven primarily by survival - then yeah - not dying is key. But then, why fight vs run? So the first thing yo do to change the outlook and prep style is changing the context of the scenario. Conditions...

"Yes, in fact you are, as per @Umbran " In that post you link it explicitly states this - "We expect you to quietly use the Ignore feature first, and ask for this only when that's insufficient. " So far, as i do not see any indication that i have been ignored by this user, who keeps quoting...

"Yes, in fact you are, as per @Umbran " In that post you link it explicitly states this - "We expect you to quietly use the Ignore feature first, and ask for this only when that's insufficient. " So far, as i do not see any indication that i have been ignored by this user, who keeps q

"The level of threat has always been set at a point agreed upon by me an my players. 5E just makes that easier." Yup. Even if that agreement is more deferred as in "play a module" or AL or "ssndbox" or whatever kind of personal labelling we adopt.