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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7957141" data-attributes="member: 29398">It's thinking like this that caused most of the design train-wrecks in 3-4-5e.I'd rather my players try to do things. As a neutral referee I'm not supposed to care if those attempts succeed or not, and making spells so much easier to cast is largely why casters got out of control. And 5e's fix, which is to nerf a whole lot of spells into the ground, is the wrong approach.In a system where spells are easy to interrupt yes, there's going to be times - sometimes very frequently - when a caster's action for a round ends up negated or wasted or irrelevant.&nbsp; So what?&nbsp; There might even be entire combats when your contributions don't amount to a hill of beans even though you tried your best. And there'll be other combats that the party couldn't have won without you - it all evens out in the end.And look at it this way: if the archer's shooting you to disrupt your spell it means she's not shooting someone else.Please tell me you mean characters here, not players!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7957141, member: 29398"] It's thinking like this that caused most of the design train-wrecks in 3-4-5e. I'd rather my players [B]try to[/B] do things. As a neutral referee I'm not supposed to care if those attempts succeed or not, and making spells so much easier to cast is largely why casters got out of control. And 5e's fix, which is to nerf a whole lot of spells into the ground, is the wrong approach. In a system where spells are easy to interrupt yes, there's going to be times - sometimes very frequently - when a caster's action for a round ends up negated or wasted or irrelevant. So what? There might even be entire combats when your contributions don't amount to a hill of beans even though you tried your best. And there'll be other combats that the party couldn't have won without you - it all evens out in the end. And look at it this way: if the archer's shooting you to disrupt your spell it means she's not shooting someone else. Please tell me you mean characters here, not players! [/QUOTE]

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