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  1. Zubatcarteira

    D&D 5E (2014) Heat Metal Spell. Unfair to Heavy Armor Wearers?

    If you're already engaged in a fight, it's definitely hard, if you're just dropping it and running away, then it's definitely doable, although it depends on if there's cover, the distance, why they're there, etc. If using an ability the most obvious way means you're a bad DM, I'd say the issue...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Heat Metal Spell. Unfair to Heavy Armor Wearers?

    With such a powerful effect, the Druid's allies should just retreat as well if they don't feel like they'll win the fight, then they can just all come back when the armored guy finished boiling. It's powerful enough to shape how a group fights, a PC won't have 90 HP until late tier 2. Druids...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Heat Metal Spell. Unfair to Heavy Armor Wearers?

    Disadvantage on all attacks on an enemy warrior, plus 90ish damage over 10 rounds, is great value for a 2nd level spell, especially as you level up and the threat a low level spellcaster poses goes down. A CR 2 Druid has 11 AC and 27 hp, they're better off running and getting all that then...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Heat Metal Spell. Unfair to Heavy Armor Wearers?

    I checked how many monsters have this spell by default, and it seems to be just six: Arcanaloth, Babau, Lizardfolk Shaman, Magma Mephit, Quaggoth Thonot, and The Lord of Blades. Although it doesn't matter much since any Druid can just prepare it if needed.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Heat Metal Spell. Unfair to Heavy Armor Wearers?

    From the spellcasting rules. And, really, it's not even that DMs would play it like it's being mentioned here, but it shows how crazy the effect it gives is without a save and it being rather easy to maintain for the whole minute if you plan ahead. The counterplay is jumping on water to take...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Heat Metal Spell. Unfair to Heavy Armor Wearers?

    It also doesn't have a size limit, so that Storm Giant's scale mail is fair game as well.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Heat Metal Spell. Unfair to Heavy Armor Wearers?

    At least, the 5 minutes to remove armor is for properly doing it, so if it came to that I'd let the player just rip the thing off forcefully. It'd need repair, but they aren't cooked alive.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Heat Metal Spell. Unfair to Heavy Armor Wearers?

    With 60 feet range, melee is unlikely and ranged attacks have the issue that full cover negates them pretty much. Just a tree or wall in the middle and he's in for a hard time, and druids are the class that can turn into creatures that can burrow underground or have normal movement faster than...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Heat Metal Spell. Unfair to Heavy Armor Wearers?

    A level 20 Fighter with his +3 adamantine Plate armor can get clowned on by a level 3 druid, might even die against 3-4 of them. I'd say it's definitely unfair, at least most magic needs to be higher level to make a Fighter useless with no counter.
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    Disney Star Wars Is It Actually That Bad?

    TFA and TLJ I found okay-ish, and didn't watch the last one, although I've seen enough people trashing it to know mostly what happened. It's mostly a lot of very strange decisions, that only get worse when you get more info from the other movies (e.g. Leia sends muggle Han to talk to Kylo, when...
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    RPG Evolution: The Trouble with Halflings

    It always amazes me how specific these discussions get.
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    RPG Evolution: The Trouble with Halflings

    Bandit halflings, I imagine them pretending to be children asking for money, then they shank you when you got your guard down.
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    RPG Evolution: The Trouble with Halflings

    There's also the DMG Aasimar, and the Aquisition's Incorporated Verdan was added recently as well. So, 7/13, or 7/14, which is perfectly average, ig. Some options will be middle of the road, although if they want to substitute Halflings for something more popular, I think Tabaxi or Changeling...
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    RPG Evolution: The Trouble with Halflings

    On Beyond at least, I think you need a subscription to use a HB race that's not yours or from someone in the same campaign as you.
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    RPG Evolution: The Trouble with Halflings

    I think Halflings could definitely use a buff, I've been thinking of making them get a 20 whenever they roll a 1, but I'd prefer most races to have more of an impact anyway.
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    RPG Evolution: The Trouble with Halflings

    Paladins are flat out immune, to be fair.
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    D&D 5E (2014) What's Your (Character's) Constitution Score?

    Most around 14-16. My Druid rolled godly once, so she had a 20.
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    D&D General Why Do People Hate Gnomes?

    This album about the Silmarillion came out before the LoTR movies.
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