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Familiarity and convenience and it gets the job done for type of games we like to play. For half the group, it's their favourite system, for other, second favourite. When we toss ideas for new games, when it comes to choosing which system, it boils down to either 5e or Chronicles of Darkness ( i...

You just described my core group. Except that most of them play for 20-25 years. But beside me writing here, none of us use reddit, watch dnd yt content or anything social media related to ttrpgs and dnd in general. One friend has all non adventure 5e books, sitting on shelf, never once opened...

Well, imho, most groups that i know, very rarely play 1-20 and don't really use published adventures. In 3.x usually it was start at 4th and play to 8-10th (the goldilock zone of 3.x). For higher levels, start at level 8-10 and go from there. How casuals play depends on playstyle of people that...

Desacrate+animate dead (or create and greater create undead) in combination with prestige classes from Libris mortis. Raise enough meat shields for easy buffing time. Or just send them out and mop up after they are done. There were enough of buffing and spell layering in 3.5 and it was quite...

Ad&d solved it by having different xp progression (wizard was lagging aprox half a level behind fighter until lv 7) and very high attrition rate among wizards at low levels, coupled with small number of spells per day and vancian casting. It was game that relied on player skill rather than...

Dough somwhere between Napolitana and Romana. Tomato sauce with oregano and some garlic. Spicy cured sausage, thinly sliced. And then cheese galore. Provalone, mozzarella stagionata, some gorgonzola.

Don't forget Righteus might. I loved that spell. It was downright nasty when paired with monkey grip and huge keen scythe. 3.x/PF1 loved those bonus hoarding and buff stacking (so long as it granted different type of bonus, but there were quite a few of those). Pre fight buffing was...

Oldest gen Z are closing in on 30. Never seen bb-8 backpack, but i've seen baby yoda one ( i have kindergarten age kid and live across from elementary school, so i see lot's of kids on daily basis and spend decent amount of time in kids stores). Iconic characters are ones that span generation...

Star Wars problem is, they haven't created iconic characters since original trilogy. Only two exceptions are Maul and Grogu. Rest are just forgettable and unimportant. Vader, Han, Luke, Leia, Boba Fett, Yoda- they are iconic even today. Maul was cool, unique in design. Grogu is cute and so...

None. 3.5 had something like basic pew pew "caster". It was warlock (couple at will spell like abilities and EB that scaled like sneak attack, plus some passive abilities). 5&5.5 don't have caster equivalent to champion fighter. Champion was dead simple and straight forward in 5e when feats...

In simple terms. Martials are riflemen, casters are artillery. Wanna take out single target? Riflemen can do that job for you. Wanna take out bunch of them or suppress them? Call in for artillery strike. You don't really call in artillery on single target unless you are in winter war against guy...

4th edition was probably best designed one, hands down. Sure, it's gamist, classes feel samey (feel is operating word), they took massive poop on lore. But, from pure mechanics, they had singular playstyle in mind and designed rules around it. Clear party roles, meaningful tactical choices...

Funny enough, there is one concept that resolved that. AEDU ( At will, encounter, daily, utility). While i heard numerous times that all classes feel samey in 4e, it's mostly because everyone is on the same page resource wise.

Same, especially in long campaigns with comprehensive story arcs. In one shots or short h&s beer and pretzel games, not so much, char op to your heart desire. For me, class is your career or calling. Can't explain either. Some combos irk me more than others tho. Warlock/Paladin is on top of...

Martials got buffed, sure. But they are still mostly single target dpr and still lack ability to aggro. I'll admit, haven't memorised all the changes that was made in 2024 revision, but if they can do AoE or hit multiple targets that aren't around them or they have abilities to force opponents...

Fireball isn't good if you are going to use it on single target, most of AoE spells aren't. AoE is for disposing or sapping multiple opponents at the same time. Something that martials still can't do. AoE and aggroing are things that they sorely lack. I know, there are very few encounters...

Thats all fine and dandy, when there is fight party vs 1-2 creatures. But put them against 10-15 opponents in dynamic surrounding (some fly, some run and gun, some dimension door to the rear line), it's back to basic action economy. Martials are beast vs single target. But they lack options that...

I just re read simulacrum. Components are interesting. Snow or ice in quantities enough to make copy of the person. For average person, that's 70-100 liters worth of ice/snow that needs to stay frozen during 12 hours it takes for casting of the spell. Even Cone of cold can't do it ( creature...

If players use cheese, dm's can use cheese too. Simulacrum, say hello to my antimagic field.

In essence, martials don't need buffing in classic sense. They need more cool stuff to do. Yes, your high tier 3 and tier 4 fighter can tank and dish out damage. To one opponent. While his compadre wizards calls meteor rain on battlefield. Give them whirlwind attacks, leaping attacks, stuff like...