Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 3259100" data-attributes="member: 20741">The point of my initial post was not to challenge the concept that Dungeon does not from time to time use other magic items, monsters and even feats from other sources.  It certainly does.The point is that it is rare for this to happen in terms of spell selection. I think, in fairness, that James Jacobs admits that too. It IS a rarity.The point in my asking this was not to substitute one damage dealing spell for another just for flavor. It's not about that at all.It's about different spell selections which develops entirely different tactics and buffs with an entirely different flow to the combat. That is not a minor change in the game's design. It's a crap load of thought behind the design and about 200 words of "development" and "tactics" which would create an entirely different column on the page to read.As for some of you making the droll little "Gee...I can do it myself comments"... *Ahem* Climb down off your high horses please.Yes, I've been gaming for 30 years too. Yes I can do this myself with a fair bit of work and have done so often in the past. And unlike most of the posters here, yes, I actually do make a decent income from producing D&D encounters and adventures (albeit on the silicon side of the ledger).But I'm not so vain to think I know all about it, nor am I conceited enough to believe that I can seize upon every clever angle that the PnP pro designers out there can find. Put simply - when it comes to pure sneaky spin - fresh eyes and a fresh approach helps a lot. Moreover, sometimes, I don't *want* to do any more design work. It ends up being a lot more like work and a lot less like fun. I just want to have someone else do it for me so I can just enjoy my gaming session. I get to do so infrequently as it stands.In any event - the editor has spoken with a reasoned response for which I cannot fault him, especially  given the stick-in-the-mud responses in this thread which seem aghast at the idea. So I guess for a different feel - it will be a home reno for my AP game. :\</blockquote>

Verification