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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The_Furious_Puffin" data-source="post: 6843154" data-attributes="member: 11831">Part of the problem with this discussion is I suspect we don't have a common reference point. My touchstones for this discussion for what I consider 'good support' include 4E's encounter design and monster balancing and something like 'Stars without number' for what I consider good advice and support in actually running a sandbox game. The system for generating and operating a sandbox (the faction stuff, including the method for enabling PCs to start and operate a faction) is great. Helps run a dynamic world that has a life of its own around the PCs and also supports high level play by giving the PCs a system to interact with. The 5E DMG absolutely includes a a DMing advice section, and a few optional rules for tweaking the game but I feel it's a bit generic and doesn't approach Stars without Number. Stars without number is free, and is worth a read imho if you like sandbox games. Right - so I need less advice and more tools, which the DMG/5E just does not have. I'm going to keep banging on about Stars without Number here. That's GM support imho. Yeah it stops after level 2 - the game doesn't really work at level 1-2 imho you're best just to skip to 3. The spell that really matters for in combat healing is healing word would be my observation - works at range, bonus action. Classes without that (or one of the equivalents) have significantly less access to in combat healing because you have to move to the downed character and that may not be possible. I use a modified version that I feel better preserves drama while increasing play speed, but I both play and run games. The large majority of those deaths are in games I've played in rather than DMed.The 3.5E tiering is about 'can you break the game, can you do multiple things, can you do one thing, can you do anything' which is different from a 'best class.' It seems likely that Bards are the best class due to a relatively unrestricted spell selection and the ability to poach other classes stuff.The level of the game also impacts this.</blockquote>

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