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PF2e does do a really great job of this because martials can have techniques beyond just attacking and can do some appropriately 'approaching demigod status things' at high level but there's still a lot of options for someone who is just attacking really fast or whatever even at high levels. The...

So, some of you might be aware that for the past six months, I've been running a Pathfinder 2e West Marches on my Discord Server. Since many of our players recently hit level 5, I thought it was a good time to talk about how that's gone so far, since I know several members of the community are...

This thread reminds me that I should write an update on my West Marches when I've got the spoons, its doing very well sans a few personal issues we've run into that don't really have anything to do with system.

I've got a pf2e west marches on a discord server that we're thinking about recruiting for, it IS a sandbox buuuuuuuut it might still be a better fit, has player scheduling, openings are usually 7ish on saturday/sunday EST. Explicitly LGBTQ+ friendly (but plenty of non-players as well) honestly I...

For uh unrelated reasons, may I ask what timezone you're in and when you like to schedule games?

Dedicated Healing or Champion's Reaction or Shield Block generally fixes that up, since they can undo a lot of the damage, that's what our parties tend to do.

They already are according to them, specifically the TTRPG market is just that much bigger now that they can be doing far and away the best they ever have been.

It depends a little bit on party, but pretend you've got a Wizard, Cleric, Fighter, Thief (Rogue), and a Bard The Fighter and Rogue (and/or Cleric depending on doctrine) will generally flank, leading to a +2 to their attacks, this also provides multiple targets to soak the boss's damage, let's...

When you do succeed, it is disproportionately effective, especially as a caster where even a low level fear spell is super likely to knock a point off their AC that stacks with flat footed (if not 2 from a failed throw) and the parties buffs, demoralize is very common as well due to Charisma...

I like the tall boss fights because to me (a player who started with 4e and loves it dearly) the wide boss fights don't feel the way boss fights should-- they don't feel like you're punching up at something super powerful because the HP values are generally hidden, so your larger damage numbers...

That might also be changes in consumer habits with no cons the last couple of years and their newer fans being less in-the-scene, and the growth in subscriptions. if i had gone to gencon this year in person, my copy of Dark Archive still would have had come in the mail weeks before so i could...

Flaming Sphere did have uses for me in boss fights, but my best memories of it were from pack fights.

Wizards get an extra spell from their school, I was indeed playing my evocation wizard (the blasting Wizard), and a universalist could do it as well by simply restoring their blasting spells via the universalist version of drain bonded item. Largely I prefer the feel of the way it's balanced...

I've had great success with Flaming Sphere, Magic Missile, Sudden Bolt, Lightning Bolt, Fireball, Disintegrate (+True Strike), against single targets. Take Lightning Bolt for instance on a base level 5 Wizard that just got it, cast against a Level 8 Chimera-- the base level 5 wizard has a spell...

I think there are four markets that all compromise on DND: - Story centric players who don't like the war game elements who would be better off with indie PBTA style games. - Mechanically invested people who like character building and mechanical texture and game balance and would be better...

I think part of what I refer to as backloading are things that let the core DND experience shine through, by moving away from the upfront tactical presentation of 4e they made players less likely to see it as a complex tactics game for nerds, you can more or less ignore magic items and...

From the 4th edition Wandering Swordmage Paragon Path, it really sold me on the idea of a wandering swordsman/ magic user, and sold the whole fantasy of them as a lightly armored traveler with an eclectic martial arts style that includes magic--I can just imagine her teleporting around to strike...

Heh, I'm more cynical, I think that the narrative can complexify, people do have brand loyalty to DND, but the 'new coke' branding of 4e actually triggered a backlash due to that sense of loyalty, 'fixing the problems of 3.5' was understood as an attack on people who enjoyed 3.5. I actually...