Recent content by FrogReaver

I’m impressed there’s so many iguana in Alaska.

One potential flaw is weighting each class spell list equally in that final division step despite the classes not being chosen equally. This I think could be controlled for and could really skew the results if it’s not. Say twice the casters are wizard and sorcerers vs cleric and Druid. Well...

Cool. Can you elaborate on the appeal ranking calculation. Maybe an example of it, even if contrived?

Yea. I agree with most of these observations. I think it's worth considering that if you are deciding to spend a slot on healing in mop up phase that you consider cure wounds over healing word. There's a small chance that your cantrip (assuming your a caster) would put the enemy to 0 hp...

Generally I think the analysis is true for temp hp as well, though there are a few exceptions with temp hp vs regular healing. One thing that changes for temp hp is that if you don't have a competing bonus action and the resource you are spending to grant them doesn't have many other great uses...

The Healing Value Curve Whack‑a‑Mole is just the poster child Most people talk about healing as if its value is constant - “healing is good,” “healing is bad,” “healing is only for downed allies,” etc. But healing doesn’t have a fixed value. Healing has a curve. Early in an encounter, when...

My stupid player tricks are much less about absurd power and more, well mayonnaise. One keeps bringing up the bag of holding and alchemy jug trick to make the biggest mayonnaise jar ever. He’s trying to talk the artificer into doing it.

Good call. Makes a big difference in the tone. Sorry for the unintentional derail.

Some do, I don’t. But I do believe that if someone is showing absolutely no restraint on the player side in the actual game that it’s a valid question. in which case my previous observation that some players like to consider cool combos but don’t actually play with them seems applicable, which...

Fair, but you still don’t say whether that’s what’s happening here, nor why you would continue to play with someone that did so.

I find there’s a difference between considering cool combos and actually playing with them. It’s not clear if they are actually going to do this in game.

Druid would be my suggestion. Take the magic initiate wizard origin feat. Use goodberry the night before. Entangle is soo strong at level 1. Familiar or shield spell from magic initiate. Medium armor and shields. Take a bunch of different cantrips that target different saves and maybe...

I agree there. I rather liked the idea especially as an isolated counterpoint to the OP. It's just as a true replacement for it, I don't think it can stand on it's own. I'd also add that expanding the definition of play so broadly that it is essentially synonymous with engagement runs into...

The original concept of the thread - "Play is paramount" - was literally restated in the OP as "the most important thing in TTRPGs is the actual experience of play." Whether someone agrees or disagrees with it, that’s an unambiguous value driven statement - it claims a specific activity is the...

There's also a good short cat video of this.