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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 6521713" data-attributes="member: 2067"><p>Why aren't party members in melee with those dragons, forcing them to eat OA's if they do this? Also, why is this dragon-fight happening in a big open field without bottlenecks or cover? Also also, why is the only creature you're facing dragons? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That would seem to be a problem un-related to the Concentration mechanic that could be well solved with some clever RP or context-setting. What's the scaly jerk <em>want</em> and how can you stand in its way? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A 60-ft. wide cone can still only catch ~2 party members if they are 1 move apart. Maybe up to 4 in difficult terrain if they're being precious about their actions and are unwilling to use the Dash action. And then only if they're at maximum distance -- creatures in melee, on opposite sides of the critter...he can only catch one of the two things flanking him. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>1) You're never going to be prepared for EVERY situation, even as a versatile spellcaster. Missing an action or being impotent for a round or blowing a spell slot to little effect is just part of the way 5e rolls. It's not something that should be an overriding concern (just talk to any Fighter who spends her turn whiffing her attacks). </p><p></p><p>2) "Dragons are tough" is not the same as "Concentration is an awful mechanic." I imagine dragons would be tough! (Though I will note that up until the teens, they're vulnerable to tactics as simple as "Throw a net on 'em"). Clerics are also more effective against undead than they are against oozes -- it doesn't mean that clerics are fundamentally broken just because they struggle with one kind of encounter. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I haven't come up against a "real" dragon in play yet, but I'm not too worried. Dragons get slain every day in this game, and it's a poor craftsman who blames his tools. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Maybe my action-denial-focused wild sorcerer won't get a lot of mileage out of their most effective spells on it and I'll be buffing the fighters for the most part, but that's OK.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 6521713, member: 2067"] Why aren't party members in melee with those dragons, forcing them to eat OA's if they do this? Also, why is this dragon-fight happening in a big open field without bottlenecks or cover? Also also, why is the only creature you're facing dragons? That would seem to be a problem un-related to the Concentration mechanic that could be well solved with some clever RP or context-setting. What's the scaly jerk [I]want[/I] and how can you stand in its way? A 60-ft. wide cone can still only catch ~2 party members if they are 1 move apart. Maybe up to 4 in difficult terrain if they're being precious about their actions and are unwilling to use the Dash action. And then only if they're at maximum distance -- creatures in melee, on opposite sides of the critter...he can only catch one of the two things flanking him. 1) You're never going to be prepared for EVERY situation, even as a versatile spellcaster. Missing an action or being impotent for a round or blowing a spell slot to little effect is just part of the way 5e rolls. It's not something that should be an overriding concern (just talk to any Fighter who spends her turn whiffing her attacks). 2) "Dragons are tough" is not the same as "Concentration is an awful mechanic." I imagine dragons would be tough! (Though I will note that up until the teens, they're vulnerable to tactics as simple as "Throw a net on 'em"). Clerics are also more effective against undead than they are against oozes -- it doesn't mean that clerics are fundamentally broken just because they struggle with one kind of encounter. I haven't come up against a "real" dragon in play yet, but I'm not too worried. Dragons get slain every day in this game, and it's a poor craftsman who blames his tools. ;) Maybe my action-denial-focused wild sorcerer won't get a lot of mileage out of their most effective spells on it and I'll be buffing the fighters for the most part, but that's OK. [/QUOTE]
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