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Enervation was indeed 4th level at least as far back as 3.0. Not sure about earlier editions.

I came to see this comment. Thank you for not disappointing me. :)

Editions earlier than 2E: never played because I wasn't aware of RPGs in general. 2E (1989 - 1999): By far the most played for me. I was in a group that played almost every week without fail for 6 hours, and a few other groups that played less often and less intensely. These are my high school...

He has a point. I'm not all that fond of 5E, and Concentration is close to the top of the list of reasons why.

Are you referring to the flurry of math that would result from a mid-combat dispel magic in earlier editions? I don't think that would be a problem because of the rarity of spells that affect the math like before.

This would be a good way to balance the situation I mentioned earlier: You have hunter's mark going, but you need the extra oomph from lightning arrow. I would consider using the latter if I knew I wouldn't be losing the former to do so. Under the current rules, I think the situation would have...

I'm not too familiar with the Paladin spells, but I'm somewhat familiar with the Ranger spells (I think those classes are comparable for the sake of this discussion). There are several Ranger spells that have Concentration purely for contrived balance purposes. They don't want you to be able to...

I realize this may be a "reductio ad absurdum" argument, but would you ever prepare only Concentration spells? You must really like cantrips. And yes, I'd consider scribing/preparing both fireball and lightning bolt. Different energy types, different AoE shapes. That AoE thing is especially...

The other thread in particular was absolutely gushing about how important the mechanic is to balancing spellcasters, how can it NOT be a factor? I guess I'm not most players. A spell requiring Concentration is definitely a factor in how I evaluate a spell. This is similar to how I view bonus...

We tried it a few months ago, and I feel it is too restraining. Locking you into your action when changes on the battlefield may require you to do something different make it a non-starter for me.

Well, CapnZapp was 13th level at the time, so I'd say 5 was a very appropriate number.

I'm sorry, I'm not sure what I was thinking when I quoted you. I completely agree with you.

I'm aware of the intent, I'm just not a big fan of gamist rules. Let the sorcerer have nice toys, he certainly doesn't get very many of them.

My common sense tells me that his draconic heritage makes his fire magic more potent no matter how many people he happens to hit with one particular casting of a spell. I hate this erratum.

Yes, the clones could use "circumstance bonus" instead of "Advantage", but an OGL would allow them to use the actual terms in context without having to get cute like that.

Need? Perhaps not, but all of that stuff exists in a legal gray area, and WotC can lay the smack down if they so desire. It's also probably easier to convince your DM to allow use of third party stuff if it's published by a reputable company than "some guy on ENWorld".

This keeps being said, and I'm not sure I agree. I enjoy making characters almost as much as I enjoy playing them, and I'm very interested in there being an OGL for this reason. I may not care about the particulars of the prospective 5E OGL at the same level as a publisher would, but I really...

I'm AFB, so I can't be positive, but I don't think the free attack from Horde Breaker is contingent on hitting anything, it just says you get the free attack when the conditions are present.

And if you use the Implanted Psicrystal option that Dreamscarred created, you could sacrifice the mobility and scouting ability of the regular psicrystal for what would eventually become a stronger version of Improved Initiative and a higher bonus on its personality, for the price of a single...

There was nothing wrong with "psion". There is plenty wrong with "mystic", foremost in my mind being that it evokes a shamanistic or divine nature using an otherworldly being as the source of your power, and psionics is all internal.