Recent content by Clint_L

HARD disagree. 5e was designed to feel like the D&D you remembered just as Gen Xers were reaching an age to want to get back into the game for themselves or for their kids. That doesn’t happen with 4e. The artificer feels like the opposite of 4e design. It feels like quintessential 5e.

Further to my point above, the idea of clearly defined and necessary roles that need to be filled in the party stams back to OD&D and evolved to reach its apotheosis in CRPGs, especially World of Warcraft, which by all accounts was a strong influence on how 4e built its classes to fit into those...

A 5e party can be successful with any combination of characters.

It’s about every other session for me. Occasionally I feel like a great DM, but most sessions end with me feeling either pretty good about my skills or sorely lacking. My last home game I felt like Matt freaking Mercer, but my last club game I felt like apologizing afterwards.

I agree. As well, it is almost impossible to discuss artificers without emphasizing how much difference subclass makes, more than for any other class IMO. (Druids are probably second). A battlesmith plays a very different role than an artillerist, etc.

I have my doubts that a 22 year old nobody was setting up meetings with James Cameron and Francis Ford Coppola.

My point is that people allege all sorts of things about Lorraine Williams with zero evidence. I suspect this allegation probably originated the same way: someone made it up because she's long been a convenient punching bag for a certain segment. Why would you report on something with no...

My spouse's battlesmith is an excellent off-tank and ranged attacker. I think they are kind of their own thing, but sort of fit the wizard niche, while also being able to heal in a clutch.

Forgive me for taking this quote with a huge grain of salt.: "TSR owner Lorraine Williams allegedly refused both Francis Ford Coppola and James Cameron as directors." :rolleyes: Sure she did. Add that to the list of her alleged crimes against the fanbase. That's some quality reporting.

It was a short lived reprieve. It was playing as I walked into our Holiday assembly. I'm done. I feel I was too cocky.

Phew.

I think a lot of rules compatibilities issues simply comes down to the kind of group you are playing with. If it's a group that knows rules inside out and enjoys a bit of rules lawyering, then you've probably gotta be a bit more stringent. Most of my players could give two Fs and are more than...