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It probably has more to do with my players than anything else. If there's some "average 5e D&D player" out there, I don't think I've ever run a game for such, lol.

I think that might be because you don't often see large amounts of targets for AoE spells. If the system was built to actually allow your CR 1's and lower to be real threats, that might be different. But not only am I only guess, that's just my experience, where low level foes are usually...

No, since a Wizard can only copy spells that they can prepare: Copying a Spell into the Book.When you find a level 1+ Wizard spell, you can copy it into your spellbook if it’s of a level you can prepare and if you have time to copy it. For each level of the spell, the transcription takes 2...

And the party inside sees the goblins doing this and reaches outside the hut to brush them away, or just, I don't know, steps outside to kill the goblins? Only the caster has to stay inside for the duration, and it doesn't obscure their vision.

I haven't played with a Twilight Cleric, but as I understand it, a big complaint isn't so much that they are busted (though they might force a DM to use more specialized tactics if they did find them a problem at their table), but that they are so much better than most (or arguably) all other...

Having Type 2 myself, I once wrote a fantasy story about a character from our world who ended up in a D&D-a-like setting. They were really worried about not having insulin, but then were handed a magic item that protected them from disease and were over the moon, while their new adventurer...

I think it's just we have to adjust our expectations of what Fireball is for. It's not a level 5 nuke the way it was in AD&D. It's a spell that if used properly, synergizes with the actions of the non-casters, weakening enemies so fights can end more quickly. A successful Hypnotic Pattern...

That and information. In MtG, it's rare that a counterspell comes out of nowhere. You know what colors your opponent is playing, and what resources they have available (usually). In D&D, you often have no idea you need to play around counterspell until you have a spell countered, not only...

Some interesting things said about the release of 2024 5e, comparing it to 3.5. People already invested in 3e were willing to buy the revision because they were invested, but people who had drifted away weren't brought back.

As far as Spelljammer goes, I'm pretty sure the Rock of Bral was in Wildspace. Wheellock pistols came to the Realms from a visiting Spelljammer. Given that Toril is lousy with portals to other worlds, and cross-pollination has always been a part of the setting, I'm not sure there is a good...

What about Abeir? Or do we not talk about that?

I mean I get that, but it takes some work behind the scenes if you want to avoid "quantum ogres"- ie, introducing problems that they wouldn't have encountered in the first place that cannot be accounted for with what's on hand. Because there does reach a point, no matter how high the enemy is...

Earthdawn uses a similar system for some spells, which require you to weave one or more Threads to them.

So Tales of the Valiant has this metacurrency for the GM called Doom, which can be spent for various effects to ruin the PC's days. I'm wondering if a mechanic like that could solve the problems with rests, where each time you take a rest in an adventure, you accrue more threat/bad karma that...

Again, all I'm saying is, we shouldn't assume monster knowledge of things any more than player knowledge. If someone decides PC's don't know how to beat Trolls, then it seems a bit of foul play to just assume all the NPC's not only know what LTH is, how to counter it, and to have counters for...

The statement was made that someone able to cast Dispel Magic would be smart enough to know to use it on Leomund's Tiny Hut. My stance is that Intelligence has nothing to do with spellcasting ability for non-Wizards, disputing that claim. Now if you want to get into the weeds of what a given...

Huh? No...I'm just replying to the idea that someone who can cast Dispel Magic is also smart enough to know what to use it on. One does not necessarily follow the other.

It's pretty easy to do, and I've seen it a lot. You spend a lot of time prone, lol.

I hate playing low Int characters, personally, but I made it clear that I absolutely did not want to play a spellcaster if I could get away with it, after coming off a campaign where I played a Wizard to level 10- I needed a break.

Really I blame the game for not making Intelligence more important on a character class level, but that's an entirely different debate. I can't blame the Cleric, he needed Str for his melee weapon attacks and to wear his armor, Con for hit points to be in the front line and all important...