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Do the 5.5 encounter budget rules actually work? Or should I continue to rely on the LevelUp ones?

Here's where we dovetail in to the "smart chaotic evil" thread?

The party has magic items, but not oo many that have charges or are otherwise limited use. What is CS? Counterspell? No rests at all. The point is to have them have to choose what to use. Note that this is based on a player request. What about numbers? How many enemies? What CRs?

Thanks for the response, but what I am really interested is the nuts and bolts of high level 5/5E encounter design, in order to get to a point where resource attrition matters and players feel like they are making meaningful choices with regards to what abilities to use in any given round of any...

My 5E 2024 (5.5E) campaign is reaching its climax. The PCs are currently 15th level, and depending on whether they decide to tie up some loose ends, or decide to rush the BBEG, they will either be 15th or 17th level for the "final battle". A detail that may be important: there is no cleric in...

I enjoyed the first episode. it felt up to form. I really like Charlie Cox, but it was a pleasure to see Deborah Ann Woll get a lot of protagonist time, too. I hope the villains are a little more compelling than last season, is all.

Again, I am not saying that other games or D&D products don't excite me. They do. I am simply saying WotC could make a really great setting built for 5E and that would be cool.

What do you mean by "smart" in this context?

Look, both of you are obviously intentionally arguing the term for some sort of internet points. Congratulations. You win. The rest of us, who actually go to the book store, will simply smile, nod, and wave at you as you wander.

I really wish I understood why folks feel.the necessity to argue against commonly accepted genre definitions.

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Who wants that?

Yes. Yes. The corporation is never wrong.

Sure. But why put it on Krynn?

So... nothing?