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  1. Distracted DM

    D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards.

    A5E's 3pp has an Elementalist class that's pretty cool. I think it's in MoAR Complete? You can see the messy version on the fan Foundry A5E site (messy cuz it's just the info pulled from the FoundryVTT files).
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    D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards.

    Reversible spells were such a great concept. I guess it adds more text to a single spell, though? Donno, I like'em. And they could play into counterspelling instead of having just a flat "counterspell" spell :rolleyes: I see the appeal of the counterspell spell, it's simple, but I guess I'm not...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards.

    Based on responses in this thread, the majority of posters' experiences here don't match Mearls' experience. I don't know if his experience is based off of his own personal tables, all the playtests he's been part of, convention games, or based off of WotC's own studies on the matter. If this...
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    D&D General + Homebrew Brainstorm to bring back prepared Vancian Casting +

    Is this a 5e-OSR homebrew ruleset? Care to share? I'm curious how you work the roll-to-cast. Aaanyway, I'm still noodling around with this whole idea- I'm torn between options 2 and 3, but I also realized that while I'm at it I'd like to address low level spell slots becoming utility-only at...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Mearls has some Interesting Ideals about how to fix high level wizards.

    Yup. 4e and 13th Age addressed this is different ways, the 13A casters lose lower level castings as they progress and gain higher level ones. Spells can still be "upcast" by using the higher level casts.
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  8. Distracted DM

    Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized

    Where, at Gencon or something?
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    D&D 5E (2014) [Let's Read] Heroes of Tara: D&D Historical Fantasy in Iron Age Ireland!

    Wow, that the book includes those minigames has really turned this into a must-buy. Now it's just a matter of when...
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    Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized

    While I wouldn't trust much coming out of that guy (during the CSIO debacle he posted saying he'd be doing more work with GG, which GG then had to refute), one questions the wisdom of continuing to do business with a guy that keeps starting fires you have to put out, and who has repeatedly put...
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    Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized

    Were the two relevant pieces this statement and this video? I suppose there's no broken word here, just like you said bending their stance cuz they really wanted CISO made. And I guess no one should be surprised that the guy they're doing business with keeps on with his shite attitude and public...
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    D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem

    As a 4th level cleric I'm surprised you'd be getting ac that high at all, unless you're including shield of faith. But tier 2 is where stuff starts to take off, and where the PCs can take on big stuff with big plunder deliveries. Magic armor and magic shields, cloaks of protection, rings of...
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    D&D General Fixing the Offense Tunnel Vision problem

    Players that're optimization-minded will get their ACs up to silly levels, especially if all the splatbooks and multiclassing etc. are allowed. But even with core book stuff, it's quite easy for a tanky PC to get their AC up to the mid-20s in later tier 2 play. Obviously that's not going to be...
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    Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized

    There were a couple people in the comments that said the title threw them, not the GG controversy they had expected, but I think the vast majority of folk just don't know about it.
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    Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized

    I really think they need to update that whole intro paragraph, because besides from being untrue it also misrepresents their adventures and turns some folk off.. and I don't think it'd change the appeal their current audience if they fixed it. AFAIK that paragraph is still on all of their stuff...
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    Kickstarter Demidirge: A level zero nightmare funnel

    Nice and creepy. What do you use for the book art?
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    D&D General How do you really handle illumination in your games?

    I don't think it requires any changes from RAW- creatures that're using darkvision to see you in darkness don't see you :) If you mean the extended darkvision for you? That works as-is too. You get darkvision, or it's extended if you already had it.
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    D&D General How do you really handle illumination in your games?

    I'm not entirely clear on your question- I assumed we were talking about light and vision mattering to PCs. With regards to NPCs, I almost always give them torches or lanterns, because that's how the world works in my head. The NPCs in my world aren't trying to get around someone having to hold...
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    D&D General How do you really handle illumination in your games?

    I also try to make light matter- but in DND5e between darkvision, devils sight, and (IMO most problematic) unlimited cantrip castings, it can be tough to completely turn the lights out on the party. The best advice I can give to making dim light table-relevant is to always ask "ok youre sure...
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    D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity

    I hate to attribute too much to the guy, 'cuz I've been playing TTRPGs for almost 30 years now, but Matt Colville definitely cemented some ideas in my mind which match a lot of your assumptions: Adventurers bring trouble, or they follow it. They think money can solve everything. They're drifters...
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