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I don't have you on ignore, Corwin.You take me off ignore to be insulting? Classy. Also, your response is a complete strawman. Double classy.
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I don't have you on ignore, Corwin.You take me off ignore to be insulting? Classy. Also, your response is a complete strawman. Double classy.
Sure, but that's neither an argument for nor against having a rules system that properly makes sure to uphold genre conventions.I'd like to point out that I never said a system can't be balanced. Even very well balanced. It just can't mandate, nor enforce, parity. Again, only those playing it can do that.
Yes, I see that now. Thanks.I don't have you on ignore, Corwin.
Not claiming ownership. And didn't try to prevent your forcecage fight from running it's course.
Am claiming the OA discussion is a sideshow to the greater topic of the thread, though.
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You had me up until "uphold." Then you lost me.Sure, but that's neither an argument for nor against having a rules system that properly makes sure to uphold genre conventions.
That's interesting. Regardless of playstyle, you say? I had not ever seen that high a number thrown around before. I'm not saying you are wrong, but can you show your maths? Seems higher to me than I previously considered. I mean, 20% is huge.
Well GWM allows for extra attacks as well, lets not forget those. As frequent? Of course not. But they happen, irregardless. And a greatsword would be rolling twice as many d6s as your hand crossbow, per hit (with rerolling of 1s and 2s). That's not nothing, either. Are you *sure* about 20%?
As for accuracy, that +2 didn't do squat if you missed by more than 2 or hit by 2 or more. So its not always applicable. And given BA, that happens a lot more than I think you are willing to admit. At our table, we have a wood elf archer ranger. The rest of us still hit quite often, even without that extra +2 he gets for his fighting style. Oh, and he still misses occasionally.
I'm not sure how many more times its going to take, but here we are again trying to explain to you that the triggering of the OA is not the only important aspect of that rule. That you *threaten* is enough to influence a creature's decision making. That is a tactical benefit. And that benefit is greater than 'zero', no matter how many times you keep trying to apply that incorrect value in your casual analysis.
How many melee weapons does your archer need to carry around to reliably pull off that cheese? Having focused on Dex, what's your carry capacity looking like? Lemme guess, your table doesn't pay much attention to that either? And you say playstyle is not an issue here...
And you say playstyle is not an issue here...
Are you working on nerdy standup? It's a little rough, but I think the humor is there if you just polish up the routine a bit.
He says as he tears into same said ruleset for being so imbalanced...
I'm not Ashkelon, but my beef is with people saying "the game doesn't need changing because I have no problems".
Saying "I don't need to change the game is fine".
But the game doesn't work for people that focus on building optimal characters.
If the game were to be changed, it would start to work for these people.
But it would highly likely still work just fine for people that aren't having this focus.
I find it highly unlikely that anyone's satisfaction depends directly on those areas that prove so troublesome and which a small number of posters defend so desperately.
So: just fix these bugs already.
You had your Schrodinger's archer in plate armor earlier, is all, if I'm not mistaken. And he was a champion until he needed to be an EK for mage armor. It's hard to keep up with this mercurial archer and his countless perfect builds for any given situation.Mage armor + 20 DEX is 18 AC, same as plate but without any weight. With a 12 Strength, he has 120 lbs for gear, plenty to carry around a few daggers and 2 rapiers.
...in your games.I gave an example of the core 5e combat rules are balanced. it is the optional rules (AKA Feats) that remove this balance.
You had your Schrodinger's archer in plate armor earlier, is all, if I'm not mistaken. And he was a champion until he needed to be an EK for mage armor. It's hard to keep up with this mercurial archer and his countless perfect builds for any given situation.