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We shall see...

Really? No discussion whatsoever is needed...

Of COURSE Mordenkainen wins... was there ever any real doubt? :cool:

The section on necromancy certainly brings home the deepest evils of Hyborean sorcery... overall a quality book!

No - you didn't look at the post I directly referred to in the very post that YOU quoted and then, having not bothered to read what I wrote, you insulted me as a 'whiner', for something I hadn't actually said, merely something you assumed due to lack of attention to the post you quoted. That's...

I DID explain my alternative, I stated it doesn't work and gave you a solution. Not bothering to read a post and then making an idiotic comment about it makes you look like you should be Trump's Twitter account content advisor...

Why disagree with me and then agree with me with reasoning given!!?? lol The CR system is borked and you just explained why... if you didn't catch that... :P

This is my fourth campaign run and the first was virtually no magic items until around 12th level. I develop the system then. I don't think you are grasping something. My system works regardless of magical items - in fact there is an EXTRA CR bonus if magical items come into play - but CR's...

It was only from level 15 onwards that they really got bombed up, and remember, magical items figure in my homebrew CR calculations. From 9th to 14th, they had far fewer magical items and the recalculated CR's were thus lower, but my CR system still worked well. My system works well for...

Not all had artefact weapons, and I did invent a set of Divine Legendary actions for Vecna (3 spells a round all cast at 9th level being one...). The Paladin blessed by Pelor had the Sword of Kas and the Cleric had a souped-up version of the Wand of Days (from Return to the Tomb of Horrors)...

The good Captain and I don't agree too often on these forums, but he is absolutely on the money with his assessment here. The CR system is completely borked - please see my post directly above on how I have to houserule to ensure challenge remains appropriate once high levels and magical items...

The good Captain and I don't agree too often on these forums, but he is absolutely on the money with his assessment here. The CR system is completely borked - please see my post directly above on how I have to houserule to ensure challenge remains appropriate once high levels and magical items...

After 5th level, the CR system starts to break down rapidly and is useless once parties hit double figures in terms of level. I run with a rough formula that delivers good results for me. Once the party hit 5th (with all it's watershed power-goodies) I add the Proficiency bonus of the party...

Your point has no relevance to mine, you've taken a different situation and put two crossbows in it. Your example is fine by the way - completely compliant with the RAW. It is therefore irrelevant as a counterpoint. Perhaps you advocate ignoring the rules whenever your players feel like coming...

Reloading a crossbow requires a free hand, even as part of an attack action, unless the crossbow is self-reloading. GM's who hogtie themselves to rules which are written in the context of common sense and verisimilitude but which 'gamers' use to force advantageous change in the game to 'max...

I run the game how I prefer to run it, and I change it as I see fit in terms of pacing, and in neither case does the game suffer in any way due to the standard version of the LR and SR aspect of the game. There is enough in the game that is already formulaic without putting in such a rigid...

Awful, awful idea that hog-ties a game so closely to the formula that the DM has no say over their own game pacing. Terrible...

Arnd 13 Bigby 30 Bucknard 21 Gord 24 Heward 23 Keoghtom 21 Leomund 24 Melf 31 Mordenkainen 30 Murlynd 0 Nolzur 18 Nystul 21 Otiluke 22 Quaal 6 Rary 15 Riggby 10 Robilar 18 Serten 21 Tasha 26 Tenser 20

So yes, it can do these things, and it in no way makes the game inevitably 'unheroic' et al. Glad we agree. I am not defending the system, I actually prefer other systems which require less work to be flexible and easy to use representing other genres, subgenres, styles or stories. But...