D&D 5E What (if anything) do you find "wrong" with 5E?

[James Gasik]

If they nova, absolutely. If the group knows that it needs to conserve resources for the 6-8 encounters, though, you won't see them consistently hit that much higher than their level.

Oh well yeah, I mean, if you've played SKT, you know there's a lot of "travel for awhile, then face one epic encounter" involved.

 

[James Gasik]

But that means that one good night's sleep doesn't provide the same benefit as another otherwise identical night's sleep that happens before your long rest timer "recharges" That's a bridge too far for me.

D&D is made out of narrativium. There's a reason Discworld is found in Appendix E of the PHB as "suggested reading".

 

[Maxperson]

Oh well yeah, I mean, if you've played SKT, you know there's a lot of "travel for awhile, then face one epic encounter" involved.

I haven't. I dislike campaign paths and create my own campaigns. What I will do, though, is sprinkle in short adventures from say Candle Keep Mysteries, Tales of the Yawning Portal, etc.

 

[Maxperson]

D&D is made out of narrativium. There's a reason Discworld is found in Appendix E of the PHB as "suggested reading".

Pratchett is pure comedic genius, but I wouldn't use Discworld as inspiration for my D&D game.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Pratchett is pure comedic genius, but I wouldn't use Discworld as inspiration for my D&D game.

None of us is without sin, I suppose.

Except me.

Obviously.

Because I am sin.

 

[James Gasik]

Pratchett is pure comedic genius, but I wouldn't use Discworld as inspiration for my D&D game.

It depends on the novel. Hogfather has a suitably dark and epic tone that I'd love to be a good enough DM to simulate.

 

[Vaalingrade]

It depends on the novel. Hogfather has a suitably dark and epic tone that I'd love to be a good enough DM to simulate.

I want to play a Witches campaign, but know my players would fight over who got to be Nanny Ogg or Granny Weatherwax and who had to play Magrat.

 

[Maxperson]

I just can't agree with that. Sleep is an encounter ender in the early levels, hypnotic pattern is an encounter ender at 5th to mid levels to....well any level. Wall of force can be an encounter ender at higher levels.

Spells like banishment or polymorph are encounter enders for single monsters.

Control remains plenty strong in 5e, its just condensed into fewer spells. But those spells absolutely get the job done.

But the saves are easier to make, and at higher levels when legendary resistance becomes much more common for single monsters...

Those spells can end encounters, but often they're just wasted rounds for the spellcaster.

 

[Maxperson]

It depends on the novel. Hogfather has a suitably dark and epic tone that I'd love to be a good enough DM to simulate.

Hogfather was dark and epic, but also hilariously funny. It's one of my favorite. My game isn't about that much humor.

 

[Vaalingrade]

That reminds me another thing wrong: Legendary Resistance.

I can't piledriver a dragon through a folding table because pro-wrestling 'isn't D&D', but that same dragon can no-sell me because he's the writers' favorite? BS.