Recent content by FrogReaver

Is there? I mean the argument against trad DMs goes like, since DM can set up the scene however he wants that power means he can put his finger on the scales of particular outcomes, thus taking away player agency. It seems to me it’s already acknowledged in the criticism of the trad playstyle...

It’s also not single target damage which further mucks up the comparison. Because single target damage is most always ‘better’ than equal multitarget damage. .

There's alot of ways to take this. I'd suggest Thief Rogue is one of the closest single class fits. Easy time deploying Gadgets, Climbing, Jumping. Assuming you are allowed to be rich and afford lots of gadgets (d&d magical items) then this should work great. Sneak attack works well for a...

Campaign Continued Tonight, we fought cultists in their dungeon. Rescued some prisoners. Still have to safely escort them out. Familiar Familiar scouting was proven super effective again, though we did encounter doors. Sorcerer chugged through his slots again. My Wizard wasn't nearly as...

Agreed there are limitations. The Bladesinger is definitely being played more like a Wizard than like a Gish, so I don't think that criticism follows at all. I'm not sure that would actually be a better way to make a comparison. Most of the play difference at that point would depend on...

No idea 🤷‍♂️. What does this have to do with anything?

That's a very odd take.

I think that's a fair assessment. In our campaign at least so far it's been primarily undead and aberrations in the town streets. For locked or even closed doors, the owl familiar doesn't bypass the door, but it can scout the area around the closed doors and also listen at the closed door...

Sure. There is a tradeoff between minimizing assumptions for a more general purpose solution and how accurate the solution is a reflection of reality. What I can say is that DPR comparisons are typically directional to actual damage dealt in the long run.

Make an assumption. Just like you do with accuracy.

This seems to be the actual sentiment of most who complain about DPR, but they are just wrong. If you wanna say DPR isn’t everything then I 1000% agree but there’s a big difference between that and useless. The argument here makes 0 sense. You seem fine with video games including cooldown...

I guess you could turn strength into a skill?

Why would that be a rebuttal? Wizards can be strong and/or charismatic.

Under the no ability scores method How does one differentiate a strong wizard from a charismatic wizard?

I don't know why you always do this or try to frame things this way. Your previous claims on chromatic orb are quite varied and have gone something like: It's better than fireball. That it's really good regardless of what class you take it with. Nor is my post in any way evidence of that or...