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Banishment should be like Charm/Hold/Dominate Person/Monster Charm Person 1st level spell Charm Monster 4th level spell Hold Person 2nd level spell Hold Monster 5th level spell Dominate Person 5th level spell Dominate Monster 8th level spell So... Banish Extraplanar 4th level spell Banish...

That's how I saw it. Like weapon. Many people thought 5e's weapons chart is too simplistic for anybody but the newest of players. Once you get some experience with the game the four weapons chart is just too basic. And even Wizards eventually admitted to it and that's why they added Weapon...

Going back to the main topic, I again think 4e roles as a module would help. Here is the role ruling I use. RoleSave with Advantage Saves with Disadvantage Additional Save with Advantage if SoloDamage effectAC effect Artillery Dex, IntConWisRange damage dice increase by 2 -2 AC...

Imagine a waning god, a strong demigod, or major power who in order to keep their strength creates a more like structure in their domain and via their cult allows people to travel to the mall like structure within the domain. Store owners within the mall pay rent to the demigod/patron who in...

A Mall Demiplane Fantasy wares in high volume would have to be quarantined to another plane and be above level 5 Sall of fantasy items as well as traditional mall stores. And a food court Traditional economic quests. Finding thieves. Quelling arguments between shop owners Dealing with...

Well there's no way to prove that. I'll be going "Bah Corporate WOTC bad" without a lick of evidence not ability to get any. That's not me

My guess was Corporate crunch and 5e's thinner schedule . I mean that was the reason the the 2014's DMG bad layout, I'm balanced roots, and poor referencing. it was rushed. Don't ask me for the quotes unless you wanna listen to 5 hours of podcasts.

At not point did I claim designer laziness. I have theories but they are far and away from designer work ethic. But again without being a former designer there I cannot have proof.

IIRC Both Mearls and Cook stated the desire. I could be wrong. But that's not the point. Point is no one did it.

I don't know the reasoning. That's impossible to know without being in the room. We do know they wanted it We have the quotes. We do know they didn't do in 10 years of ability to do it. We have the lack of publication. We do know they allowed 3PPs the opportunity to make it. We read the GSL...

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I am starting to think you think my theory is based on me thinking the 5e designers acted maliciously. I don't. I FULLY believe that the 5e designers FULLY intended to create deep, playtested, well made, modular rules. But something happened. And they shifted to a strategy where they would...

Yeah. At Gamehole Con, Mearls stated that damage spells were too weak. They needed to boost spells up to the level of Fireball or maybe even higher. It's even worse on a monster side where as spells themselves deal way too little damage when aimed at PCS. You tap out on level 9 damage spells...

Now to switch it up a bit. At a certain point if you are arguing so hard against my theory then you have to eventually come up with a competing theory. I proposed a theory I gave a timeline I offered proof and evidence towards my theory and timeline. Now the onus is now on you in order...

Scry and fry is not really the issue. The issue is that Power attackers, Buffed CoDs, and Control casters wrecked the poorly made monsters of 3e. And rejiggering monsters in 3e was a chore. 5e is less harsh if you built decent PCs. But you had more options with fewer books to wreck monsters.

Why they didn't have little text block with different spell lists under caster monsters is beyond me. Or different weapon/armor set ups on warrior weapon users.

Sure. But when someone does speak that way, one should think that the information is very easy to find. Most of the written information was old. But Mearls talks about it in like every interview and con panel. I'd be a massive jerk to link hour long videos and podcasts. But it would take me...

Or in simple terms. Older editions of D&D assumed that both the PCS and the Monsters had magic items after a certain amount of magic enters play. This allowed DMs to artificially boost underpowered PCs and monsters if the play at the table was unsatisfactory to the table. And because the magic...

Personally I'd reintroduce 4e Roles as Monster Traits. Most monsters would be standard monsters. But some monsters would have Monster traits that display their focus. And you as a DM could switch Combat Role, Social Role, or Spotlight role freely between them. Like a Legendary monster gets...

I don't think the greater player base think it's fine. I think the greater fan base don't know of a better solution but see the drawbacks of leaving greater than staying and sucking up that boss fights are rocket tag.