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First, when it's not possible to ambush someone. There aren't always hiding spots. Second, I didn't say no ambushes. I said they wouldn't always be effective. You're arguing that on a flat plain with no hiding spots for miles and the PCs inside a clear dome, the enemy is going to be able to...

I think it was because a lot of people complained about a monster's MR/SR(depending on edition) completely negating the spellcaster's turn without the monster even having to roll a save.

Exactly! I completely ignored the major 4e changes and my campaign continued on unfazed. We've continued to have a blast in the Realms up through today and I expect well beyond. If something new happens that I like, I simply absorb it into my Realms.

If it's every time, it's absolutely the DM being adversarial to the players and just acting to give his creatures the counter to the players actions. The enemy wouldn't be able to do that anywhere near 100% of the time. If it's sometimes, when it makes sense independent of player actions for...

Some of us aren't adversarial when we DM, so they don't always have dispel and aren't always able to set up an effective ambush.

The hiding rules. The Ready Action changes. The removal of dragon fear from dragons. There are quite a few more that I've seen mentioned in threads, but I can't remember them. I just remember thinking to myself that I was glad I wasn't investing in the core 5.5e rules.

I like it, but it's bland and boring. I'd much rather see legendary resistance made more unique for the monsters. This monster over here uses it's legendary resistance to reflect the spell back at the caster/group as if it had cast it. That one over there eats the spell to regain health. The...

Yeah. The character and feat changes aren't among the stuff I don't like. It's mostly rule changes.

If 5.5e were radically different AND better than 5e, I would switch. That it wasn't radically different and I only liked about half the changes meant it wasn't worth the money to me. I'll pick up books like the new Forgotten Realms book, and probably a few others, but I'm not going to spend...

Resting in them to avoid any encounters at night. They were cast daily, at least once. Sometimes more than once if they wanted to short rest.

Yes. My players initially picked Rope Trick and then Tiny Hut when they reached high enough level. They used them to avoid a significant portion of the game, which in my opinion is a negative effect. So I banned those spells. I left Magnificent Mansion, because by the time they get that...

I want to sincerely thank you for your service. It's very much appreciated by me. That isn't nearly the same as the monsters routinely encountered by PCs. As I mentioned to James, it's probably Renaissance glass, since you can see the contents, which means clear glass. That might help the...

Yeah. More likely it's renaissance glass, which is clear. Still breaks easy.

That's what labels are for! :P

And the original.

I get it. My son and I are both on the spectrum. If you haven't looked at it yet, I'd recommend you go back and look at the 1e-3e stuff. There's a ton of REALLY good FR lore there and it might fire you back up.

No, it's not. I seriously doubt that you fought against anyone really trying to kill you. And you certainly didn't fight ogres and giants and the like. And you didn't do it with medieval glass bottles. And I will bet that in addition to modern materials, you had modern methods of securing...