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Sorry, where did I say "every group"? I said the last group I had. My current group doesn't. But, thanks for the assumption that it was my own incompetence that was the issue. Of course it could never possibly be that 5e has made casters so much better than non-casters and, frankly, made...

No, they can't. It's a hemisphere and it has a floor. That's been clarified in 2024 because now it's an emanation which means it extends as a sphere. Granted, it's blocked by the ground, which makes it a hemi-sphere. So, no, they cannot come through the floor. Again, nope. the atmosphere...

See, kind of caster is going to matter too. Druid can't cast Hut. Warlock probably won't have it unless he's a tomelok. Now, Bard and Wizard can have it, so, it might come up. Again, like I said, if you've never had a player who started abusing it, it's hard to see how it would be a problem...

Honestly, I think it's like a lot of things in the game. If you've never seen it used, you don't really realize just how disruptive it can be. But, once you've been on the receiving end of players abusing Hut to the most they possible can, it gets really easy to fall into the trap of thinking...

That must be nice. I had a group recently that insisted on using it as an impenetrable fortress ALL THE TIME. They had various means of scouting forward - invisible familiars, various other things - which meant they would move up, drop the Hut and then use it as a fire base. It was being used...

Yeah, I have to admit, I'm getting a lot more trigger happy with my ignore list. It's just not worth the effort anymore, if it ever was. It's certainly a lot less fun that it used to be.

heh. Funnily enough, years ago when running a Primeval Thule campaign, so, we're talking right in the early days of 5e, one of my players played a drunken master monk and skinned it as more of a drug dealer than alcoholic. Seems like that's a theme that's gotten some traction.

So let me understand this. You understood my point. You largely agreed with my point. You have no problem comprehending what I'm trying to say, but, you're going to argue with me endlessly because of my phrasing? Seriously? I'd get it if my phrasing was confusing and you were not...

While you are 100% correct, let's be honest here and 99% of the people who look at Drunken Master monks (or whatever you wish to call them) are thinking Jackie Chan movies and not history. And the Jackie Chan movies very much reinforced the idea of the character being fueled by alcohol...

I agree. I never made any sort of value judgement at all. Other than anyone who expects WotC to make big changes to the game is going to be disappointed. WotC knows what they are doing, for the most part. The fandom has spoken very clearly that they are not interested in WotC making big...

Silly me. You are right. Of course @mamba, you are right.

No. That was your question maybe, but, that was never the actual point of discussion. But, seriously, do you honestly believe that D&D is innovative? Really? This is a system that took nearly 30 years to answer the question, "How far can my character jump?" Do you really look to D&D for...

Ok, let's say you're right. Fair enough. 4e is a big change. Totally accepted by the fandom wasn't it? Oh, wait, no it wasn't. The fandom to this day have noped so hard on it that we still cannot talk about 4e without edition warriors coming out of the woodwork. And, let's not forget, 4e...

Oh, yes. Absolutely. But, apparently, I'm 100% in the wrong here for saying this. So, I guess you're wrong too. I have to say that the scales have fallen from my eyes. I mean, one of the big innovations in D&D being touted here is a 30 some year old setting whose fans have strangled any...

Which has been my basic point all the way along despite the words being put in my mouth. D&D has NEVER been allowed to really make any changes. Any changes are tiny, incremental and take a really long time. Which is, IMO, the opposite of being innovative. I mean, good grief, @Alzrius has to...

Oh, totally fair. I agree. However, regardless of what we may think, the entire format was ejected and we're now right back to square one.

Again, that's my point. Look at all those really innovative mechanics... oh right, the new psion is a warmed over caster. Exactly what people demanded.

I'd point out a significant difference. I lost the argument. The changes went through regardless of whether I liked them or not. Unlike the thousands of other changes that never see the light of day because the fandom crushes any real changes. I mean good grief, Council of Wyrms? Seriously...

And? You needed to go back thirteen years and dredge up a change I didn’t like? Talk about petty. Oh no I didn’t like a single change they made to the game thirty or forty years ago. What’s your point? OTOH, is everyone excited about the new purple dragon knight? A class where you get to...

That's the point. Where is the Delve format now? Is it in use? Are we seeing it in any of the 5e adventures? Oh, right. No we aren't. Why not? Because it was immediately dumped on by the fandom that hated it. So, out the window it went. Just like any other time WotC tries to do...