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  1. cbwjm

    D&D 5E (2024) Magic Missile is saved! Hooray!

    I actually quite like the idea of magic missile being a concentration breaker forcing multiple rolls (I've never actually run it that way but would be willing to give it a go if I ever run a 5e game again). It also gives another good reason for the development of the shield spell as a...
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    EN World What you thought a thread title said.

    Not sure the players would be staying awake for that one.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Magic Missile is saved! Hooray!

    When you really need to hot, magic missile is great, especially if the DM has been highlighting how hurt enemies are, gives you a good target to attempt to finish off with MM.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Magic Missile is saved! Hooray!

    My d4 problem is that I have some which you read from the top and others that you read from the bottom and sometimes they all get used together which can mean working out what the results are a bit of a nightmare.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Magic Missile is saved! Hooray!

    I'm not sure it was updated once it was decided to revise the game, but the magic missile tweet had been around for quite a while before the last update. I was like you and felt it must have been in there, I've checked a couple of times since. I believe that Crawford also followed that tweet...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Magic Missile is saved! Hooray!

    To be fair, Crawford's interpretation never made it into official use, it was just a tweet. I don't believe it was even added to sage advice.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Why are you still playing D&D?

    5e is what my friends are running and I like playing RPGs and hanging out with them. We also have a game of OSE that is semi in motion. DnD (any version) isn't necessarily a requirement for me to play RPGs though, I'm happy to run or play in others. I tried to get a trial run of savage worlds...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Youre All Wrong. Its Not A Martial vs Caster Situation

    Theory crafting has rarely, if ever, had anything to do with actual play.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Martial/Caster fix.

    I don't actually feel like spell slots need to be reduced and, in fact, I'd have a slight increase gaining an extra 2nd, 3rd, and 4th level spell slot at class levels 12, 14, and 16 to get rid of those levels where no additional spell slots are gained. This is assuming that 5.5 kept the same...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Youre All Wrong. Its Not A Martial vs Caster Situation

    I go with the following if I even need to define them. Caster. Base class has spellcasting Martial. Base class gains an ability that improves their weapon capabilities (extra attack or sneak attack) Hybrid. Made up of both Caster and Martial, tend to lean on one more than the other. Paladin...
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    D&D 5E (2014) For those playing 2014 5e, how are you reacting to the 2024 update?

    Sometimes. Denial can simply be "No, I'm not moving from a single office to open plan" but ultimately you go anyway because the decision isn't yours. Then, if you have good change managers, you move through the steps to acceptance.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Youre All Wrong. Its Not A Martial vs Caster Situation

    Fireball hasn't been a great spell since 2e when a 5th level wizard had a good to fair chance of killing ogres with it. Since 3e the hit point bloat of monsters and other NPCs means it just softens them up a little.
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    Hot take: get rid of the "balanced party" paradigm

    I remember there was an adventure that required an all elf party, and this was for BECMI so elf was the class. This meant no thief or cleric (though maybe elves if alfheim was out so that the elves still had healing magic) so just a bunch of fighter/wizards running around.
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    EN World What you thought a thread title said.

    I don't know if it's because I saw your post before the original thread, but now this is the only way I can read that thread title.
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    Hot take: get rid of the "balanced party" paradigm

    I think 5e has reduced the need for a balanced party (requiring a mix of classes with main roles); you can run all wizards or all fighters or all rogues and do absolutely fine. Older editions may have run better with a member of each class (like the classic combo of fighter, rogue, wizard, and...
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    D&D 5E (2014) For those playing 2014 5e, how are you reacting to the 2024 update?

    Sounds good. Have you played winters daughter? I'm thinking of running that first, from what I've read of it, it sounds like a great little adventure.
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    D&D 5E (2014) For those playing 2014 5e, how are you reacting to the 2024 update?

    To the best of my knowledge, our 5e group is sticking with 5e instead of moving to 5.5. We also have other rpgs that we play, a friend has just picked up dragonbane and I have some dolmenwood adventures to run.
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    What are you reading in 2025?

    I'm starting on the foundation series by Asimov. I'm starting with prelude to foundation before moving onto the trilogy. I've been loving the tv adaptation so finally getting around to reading the books. Actually, I'm also checking reading orders and the recommendation is to start with the...
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    When did the "C" drop from CRPGs and when did "TT"RPG spring up?

    I must be old, I still use CRPG as a term. I only sometimes use TTRPG if I absolutely need to define that I mean a table top game, most of the time I don't need to though.
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    Overrated/Underrated Geek Media

    Star Trek enterprise is one of my favourite trek shows. I think I liked that it was the start of earth's exploration of the stars.
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