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How can any non-spellcaster beat a wizard trapping them in a 1h non-concentration barred forcecage? An archer can’t do much either without magic items since the wizard can save themselves from lost initiative by having a resilient sphere as their contingency spell, followed by a defensive buff.

I just wanted to mention that the 4e 5 min short rest is not always guaranteed. Just some time ago the group in my 4e game was assaulting an enemy keep. They had to fight 3 full encounters without a short rest in between since their rests were interrupted by enemies coming down from upper...

Do you have the same issue with the 5e battle master short rest maneuvers? They're short rest powers! So are 5e warlock spells. Doesn't PF2 have focus abilities, and you can regain focus with a short 10 minute rest? I'm very much a story-telling DM, it's all about the story for me. Whether...

Not all 4e classes get powers at the same levels. Classes like thief, slayer, knight, hunter, scout, and elementalist don't get daily powers. Some classes like bladesinger don't get additional encounter powers, or get power points to be used with at-will powers, like ardent and psion. Some...

The wording on some of them is non-standard for 5e. "Requires use by a warforged." That should be, "requires attunement by a warforged." The syntax of the Battle Rod description sounds off. "So a fire bolt cast using a battle rod..." It's the little things.

Xanathar’s guideline on solo encounters suggests that a group of 6 level 10 PCs could take on a CR 16 legendary monster. Probably influenced by magic items and feats. For what it’s worth, Roll20 has baseline support for mythic actions in their 5e sheet. It doesn’t use the same block as...

Ok, so they look for more information, and they look through SCAG, finding no mention of Ubtao. Then they read ToA, and learn that Ubtao left his people because he "grew angry over his worshipers' endless warring" and their "reliance on him to solve all their problems". Ubtao is not worshiped in...

Ok, but then they go check the 5e source on Chult, ToA, and they realize that Ubtao isn’t suitable and instead they mention one of the other deities?

How would the DM know that Ubtao looks about right when SCAG has no mention of Ubtao, and in ToA, which details the 5e Chult, makes it clear that Ubtao has receded and is not actively worshiped? A PC native to Chult would be from Port Nyanzaru, and ToA describes the city and its temples. The DM...

Ubtao is not an active god in the 5e Realms. Why would ToA have domains and such? There are no domains for Mystryl either. Or other dead or forgotten gods.

My gut feeling is that this would simply make the already wonky encounter building rules even wonkier since you'd be improving PC survivability. If the primary design purpose of the 4e healing surges was to put a limiter on the recovery of daily hit points, then I'd approach the house rules...

You took umbrage at my post where I said that the impression of 4e being samey is based on presentation and the lack of knowledge about the full extent of what 4e can offer. Now you’re saying that you’re only including PHB1 in your take—isn’t this just more evidence backing my claim? You don’t...

20 classes is nearly half of all 4e classes. And those classes were published a decade ago. When I’m talking about the full extent of 4e’s powers, rituals, feats, items, and classes, I’m talking about the complete edition.

The following 4e classes don't have the class structure of the PHB1 and PHB2 classes: Bladesinger, Ardent, Executioner, Battlemind, Warpriest, Protector, Knight, Sentinel, Slayer, Blackguard, Cavalier, Psion, Hunter, Scout, Thief, Elementalist, Vampire, Binder, Hexblade, and Mage. That's 20...

Is 3e or 5e less samey to you, compared to 4e?

How do you find 4e powers (and rituals/classes/themes?) samey?

I’d like to point out at this point that not all 4e classes share a similar structure. There are the traditional AEDU classes that get class features at level 1 and powers at regular levels; classes that don’t get daily attack powers; classes that don’t get encounter attack powers; classes that...

What about the wizard-sorcerer-bard example I laid out? Do you think that the differences between the 4e characters of: a monk with their full discipline powers; a thief rogue with no daily attack powers and who has several at-will move action utilities (the class feature ones); and a deva...

Ok, I read that post (#14). Do you find that a 5e wizard who casts magic missile, friends, mage hand, disguise self, false life, cloud of daggers, and hold person during a session (very reasonable) to be different from a sorcerer who also casts these same spells during a session? And a bard...

Are you talking about powers, or both powers and rituals? Do you find 5e less samey?