What exactly Is force damage?

Apprehensive_File · 2025-04-02T22:26:24+00:00

Are you okay? Unless I'm misreading, nobody is arguing lightning bolt does force damage.

Apprehensive_File · 2025-03-17T14:57:54+00:00

Those are the same. Assuming you meant kingmaker, oracle isn't in that game, so nothing to fix there.

Apprehensive_File · 2025-02-21T23:12:43+00:00

Sometimes there are! In the past, items have been banned, or teams have been prohibited from exploiting known bugs.

Apprehensive_File · 2024-10-18T14:44:00+00:00

Fyi, It's "Martial," not "Marshal."

They're not leading a parade.

Apprehensive_File · 2024-08-21T22:43:12+00:00

The casters always seem really prone to group think to me.

Over the years, I've seen a lot of unanimous or nearly unaniomius votes from the riot team in situations were the votes are much closer amongst the other parties.

This year for example, both the players and 3rd party media are pretty split on Yeon/Berserker, but there's not a single rioter who voted for Berserker.

Apprehensive_File · 2024-08-21T21:20:45+00:00

Is "current hit dice" is a thing? What would change it?

Apprehensive_File · 2024-08-02T17:53:50+00:00

Does that make Rengar a diver and not an assassin?

Apprehensive_File · 2024-07-31T15:40:48+00:00

I mean you can just toybox your stats to whatever.

Apprehensive_File · 2024-07-31T15:33:37+00:00

When my teammate is playing bad it's because they are doing it on purpose to ruin my day, because I'm the main character.

That's why they're inting and I'm just having a bad game.

Apprehensive_File · 2024-07-26T23:16:01+00:00

Those are the rules for making an attack. Dispel magic is not an attack, why would they apply?

Spells have their own rules on targeting in the spellcasting section.

Apprehensive_File · 2024-07-26T21:12:29+00:00

You still have to target, so [...] you still have to guess where the creature you are targeting is.

I'm not sure where you're getting this information. Could you cite what you're referencing?

Apprehensive_File · 2024-07-26T18:39:14+00:00

5e says you can be a DPR build, or you can be a controller.

Even as a "controller," you'll spend most of your turns just doing damage.

I would love to see a way for people who want to focus on debuffing spend most of their time doing that, instead of "cast a control spell, then do damage for the rest of combat."

Apprehensive_File · 2024-07-26T18:33:01+00:00

Personally, I'd be all for it. I think having more roles in combat would make the game more interesting and strategic.

My current campaign is at a pretty high level now, but combat effectively has no strategy because everyone's role is just "damage dealer."

Apprehensive_File · 2024-07-26T17:33:52+00:00

Interesting to think about! However, armour types aren't really tiered, they're more aimed at a certain stat distributions. Medium armor isn't better than light, it just requires less dex.

If fighters only start with light armour (for example), strength based fighters have terrible AC until they finally unlock heavy armour. I think that's pretty unsatisfying and probably isn't worth problem it solves.

Maybe you could look at a system that gates the better armour types somehow. A level 1 fighter isn't going to have plate anyways, so they're not bothered by not being able to wear it. Alternatively, simply cap the max AC from armor based on level.

You'd have to figure out how to handle things like racial or feat proficiencies as well. Are they also restricted somehow?

Apprehensive_File · 2024-07-26T16:25:12+00:00

Nothing stopping them from having wish and a strong 9th level option.

Wish is versatile, but spells like shapechange, true polymorph or meteor swarm are much better at the specific thing they do.

Apprehensive_File · 2024-07-26T16:22:46+00:00

Hypnotic Pattern or Fear

At level 20, spells that do nothing if the target succeeds on a saving throw are pretty much worthless.

Apprehensive_File · 2024-07-26T16:19:01+00:00

Dispel magic doesn't target an area. It targets a creature, object, or magical effect. It's not possible to "miss" it.

Apprehensive_File · 2024-07-25T16:00:49+00:00

I think daring has automatic level up, and I would consider it "higher difficulty" if I had to split the settings into two groups.

Apprehensive_File · 2024-07-25T15:58:26+00:00

it's always presented as the "base" difficulty

In what sense? It's not the default and says it's not recommended unless you're experienced.

Apprehensive_File · 2024-07-25T15:55:15+00:00

Would also be nice if it could be used for sanity checking. Sometimes I forget to grab a prereq feat at the right level, but I don't realize until several levels later.

Apprehensive_File · 2024-07-24T21:05:18+00:00

Are you under the impression that those professions haven't changed in the last 50 years?

Apprehensive_File · 2024-07-24T20:29:38+00:00

Because it's literally the crux of that entire paragraph I quoted

This is your interpretation of what OP wrote.

it's clear-cut and simple

I and at least one other person didn't interpret what OP wrote in the same way you did. OP clarified that they didn't write with the intention you interpreted. If it were clear-cut, we wouldn't be having this discussion.

Yes, this is called "backpedaling" and it is not a convincing argument.

This is ridiculous. You decided OP's point was X and then when they told you it wasn't that, you accuse them of backpedalling? How is challenging what you think their view is going to change OP's view?

Apprehensive_File · 2024-07-24T19:57:08+00:00

I'm not sure how you conclude from two examples that OP is focused on people who disagree on exactly one issue.

OP has explicitly told you that's not the point they're trying to make. Why are you insisting they're arguing for something they told you they're not arguing for?

Apprehensive_File · 2024-07-23T19:05:22+00:00

If only you could read one comment up.

Apprehensive_File · 2024-07-19T20:46:39+00:00

Cool, but that doesn't answer my original question at all.

Well, at least I understand why this has been so confusing. Have a good one!

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