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That's because combat in D&D is stupidly static and the designers have done little to improve that since 1st edition. So ofc the above example of the troll as you describe it like that is nonsensical but actually can make sense in the fiction. That thought process of combat is archaic but it's...

Strongly disagree, I think some randomness and innovation makes for an exciting combat. Sometimes the stat block alone is not enough to fully flesh out what is happening in the fiction. Last session a barbarian (15th) decided it would be a good idea to participate in a combat amongst some...

I ran an entire combat with the solo dragon being reactionary in a sense. I used degrees of success/failure on character actions to determine how and who the beast attacked or damage taken. Essentially, the dragon was built as if it were an AI using it traits, the rules were mostly...

A5e I found valuable from a GM perspective not the player. Our homebrew already adds a nice complexity - fattening feats, HD usage to refresh powers, odd numbered abilities counting for something, subskills etc. Monster and encounter design are what interest me these days, downtime...

Well I think there are quite a few benefits with the minion concept but yeah not that this question was aimed at you but one of the benefits I feel that were gained were from the DMs perspective and how easier it made running combat. 4e was born on the ashes of a lot of 3x GM burnout. It may not...

It's a little too late to introduce that for the primary characters but I'm not to worried since the group is already 15th level so exceptional stats make sense but yes that house rule will come into affect for new secondary characters.

Same. To the point where I have buffed the feats' potency and yet still they select the ASI's till they acquire the 20 in the stat. I did introduce the feat tax for multi-classing which makes more sense to me and closer aligns to 4e's multi-classing feats which were great IMO. 5e has them too...

The extreme hostility you mention coupled with your belief in the weakness in the game and the guidance provided somewhat implies a degree of ego being at play, as well as limited exposure and experience by the GMs. My interaction with others here, being privy to their insights, even with...

I'm not convinced that starting 1st or 3rd or whatever is the reason your experience has been poor, unless you put it all down to the TPKs and the GMs were great otherwise until the combat fell apart.

This is a very underrated comment!

Oh those are GREAT house rules - Natural cap at 18 and no ASI's outside of feats! Will definitely be using introducing that for secondary characters into the campaign.

Apparently their goals and your opinion are the same on this.

Why, in your opinion, was this seen as a good design (by the designers)?

Just for you to note in case you were thinking of migrating from from 1e/2e to 3e for a 20th level party sees a HUGE increase in GM prep-time usually. This cannot be overstated.

Why, in your opinion, are they objects for mass slaughter?

Bottom line is you know your players well enough that you would be considerate not to use something that could possibly upset them. I mean I do not care much for X-cards because I play with mates (currently all guys) and the level of humour that runs at our table is not the humour you would find...

I'm including things to cover everyone. ;) The point with these tools and dials is to pick and choose to cater for your table's preferences. Yes agree. I like that! It has been a long time (90's) since I tried a whimsy campaign where each character had a flaw.

I feel that is a different conversation similar with my reply @Scribe. If they can not do it right or have a history of market spin that is not the same as asking me what I want for 6e as opposed to what is realistic.

And did they inform us that this modularity discussed early was NOT gonna happen? George Carlin would include this in his Advertising set. Yes. True. That is a separate conversation though. We are asked what we would like in 6e not what WotC are good or terrible at - because if that were the...

Do you feel 5e failed in this? And if yes how? Since they did not create a modular game.