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[Orud]

If you are looking for good game mechanics you are looking at the wrong game. This is D&D 5th edition bro.

5e is good, although not as good as 1e Pathfinder/3.5e. It's 4th edition D&D that's utter trash.

 

[notpl]

If you are looking for good game mechanics you are looking at the wrong game. This is D&D 5th edition bro.

5e is good, although not as good as 1e Pathfinder/3.5e. It's 4th edition D&D that's utter trash.

Good fucking lord.

 

[Orud]

Good fucking lord.

What is is that you hate about 5e? I've played it both tabletop and in video game format (Solasta) and it's pretty good.

If you want to talk about the Forgotten Realms setting, sure, it's trashed after they completely rewrote it in 4e (instead of just making a new setting), but that's the setting not the ruleset.

 

[HoboForEternity]

Good fucking lord.

What is is that you hate about 5e? I've played it both tabletop and in video game format (Solasta) and it's pretty good.

If you want to talk about the Forgotten Realms setting, sure, it's trashed after they completely rewrote it in 4e (instead of just making a new setting), but that's the setting not the ruleset.

my experience of 5E is only from solasta. it seemed to be too balanced™. attunement is one of the changes i dislike. i want to to be uber-roided up with magical nipple piercings and a dozen of cock ring, 1 for each inches of my dick, not puny "waaaah attument slot forced me to choose between this enchanted belt or this necklace" and ultimately magic based clasess are very nerfed. it'sa bias of course since i do magic like 95% of the time but magic users at high level literally eat the rules of physics for breaklfast and shit it out as a napalm bomb or stopping time, and become basically demigods.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

magical

magic based clasess

i do magic like 95% of the time

magic users

demigods

Found the problem

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

If you want to talk about the Forgotten Realms setting, sure, it's trashed...

Always has been.

 

[Orud]

my experience of 5E is only from solasta. it seemed to be too balanced™. attunement is one of the changes i dislike. i want to to be uber-roided up with magical nipple piercings and a dozen of cock ring, 1 for each inches of my dick, not puny "waaaah attument slot forced me to choose between this enchanted belt or this necklace" and ultimately magic based clasess are very nerfed. it'sa bias of course since i do magic like 95% of the time but magic users at high level literally eat the rules of physics for breaklfast and shit it out as a napalm bomb or stopping time, and become basically demigods.

I agree with what you're saying, but I regard both 5e and 3e magic to have up and downsides.

• I dislike 3e buffing chain you had to do before each fight (or after a rest), especially in video games it was just downright boring. 5e's concentration fixes that by simply making it impossible to need to have 5-10 buffs rolling on everyone.
• I do like 3e's spell repertoire more and its power curve, 5e is too mundane.

Same with 2e vs 3e. 3e and its derivates might be my overall favorite, but I prefer a lot of things from 2e over 3e.

• I have no love or hate for THAC0, but 3e's system is a lot more intuitive without sacrificing any depth.
• I prefer the different xp curve between different classes from 2e.
• I vastly prefer 2e's multiclass system over 3e's.
• etc... .

My point is, is that while 5e isn't overall as good as 3e (in my opinion), it's still decent and has things it does better and worse. But in no shape or form comes even close to the utter boring, convoluted blandness that 4e was.

 

[Mortmal]

Good fucking lord.

What is is that you hate about 5e? I've played it both tabletop and in video game format (Solasta) and it's pretty good.

If you want to talk about the Forgotten Realms setting, sure, it's trashed after they completely rewrote it in 4e (instead of just making a new setting), but that's the setting not the ruleset.

my experience of 5E is only from solasta. it seemed to be too balanced™. attunement is one of the changes i dislike. i want to to be uber-roided up with magical nipple piercings and a dozen of cock ring, 1 for each inches of my dick, not puny "waaaah attument slot forced me to choose between this enchanted belt or this necklace" and ultimately magic based clasess are very nerfed. it'sa bias of course since i do magic like 95% of the time but magic users at high level literally eat the rules of physics for breaklfast and shit it out as a napalm bomb or stopping time, and become basically demigods.

It's not 5E being at fault, its them catering to the dumbest youtubers,unlimited ressources, giving too many magic items cause you know items with big stats are cool. So everything will feel balanced, nothing ever at stake , no danger. Not that BG3 will do any better, i did not try latest version but having no hope either.

 

[Infinitron]

Are you ready for a surprise?

 

[The_Mask]

If they reveal monks, sure. If they don't, then no, not really.

 

[mediocrepoet]

If they reveal monks, sure. If they don't, then no, not really.

Sorry bud, I told Swen I'd buy extra copies if they erased monks from their version of D&D. It's a done deal.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Is this thing out yet?

 

[Larianshill]

Is this thing out yet?

The end of august.

 

[NecroLord]

Is this thing out yet?

That's what she said.

 

[Cryomancer]

What is is that you hate about 5e?

Many.

• HP grow up much more than damage. For eg, at lv 5, a wizard can cast fireball for 8d6 damage. At lv11, freezing sphere can dish 10d6 damage. That is merely 2d6 damage gain in 6 levels and ... 6*(d6+con) hp
• The game is too forgiving. If you go zero hp, you need to fail 3 saves to die.
• Bounded accuracy. A lv 20 Ranger is only +15% more likely to hit with his longbow than a lv 1 nobody ranger.
• Drawbacks and hindrances got removed from many classes and subclasses. Removal of restricted schools for specialist casters for eg, evokers don't need to worry about friendly fire
• Enemies have less dangerous abilities. Enemies takes multiple turns to petrify a player, removal of negative levels, poison from animals and bandits are much less powerful, etc.
• Resistances and immunities are less common. Ghosts where immune to non magical weapons. Now, they are just resistant.
• The ruleset is too focused in "Forgotten realms".

But 5E has some good stuff too :

• Is much easier to DM
• Is much easier to learn how to play
• Homebrewing stuff is easier

But 5E is by far the most popular tabletop game. You could say that is "tabletop Skyrim", very simplified yet, very popular.

If was up to me, GURPS technomancer would get a CRPG adaptation.

Is this thing out yet?

Only at end of august. And who knows how much time till someone mods 2E or at least 3E ruleset into this game.

 

[Rhobar121]

Limited Accuracy is the best thing they've ever done to dnd along with the buff cap.
No more wasting time stacking a million buffs.
This also allows for a much better balance of encounters and significantly reduces the amount of trash mobs.

 

[Delterius]

or at least 3E ruleset

oh god no

 

[ADULF HITLOR FAN KLUB]

Volourn

 

[NecroLord]

We went from choosing alignment, rolling stats and picking a portrait to full body customization and "Non-Binary Other" identity and gender.
Good times...

 

[Aphex81]

I want a refund.

 

[mediocrepoet]

I want a refund.

What are, "Things your mother said the day you were born."

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

BGG3 started as a near horror game in its premise with companions that didn't liked you (and you didn't liked them back) and now it's the complete opposite.

RPG fans are beyond salvation.

 

[Infinitron]

Jason Isaacs!

 

[frajaq]

...what was the surprise? I didnt understand

are we getting one of those robot soldiers as a party member?

 

[Infinitron]

A politician raised by a devil. What could go wrong?

Please welcome Jason Isaacs to the cast of Baldur's Gate 3 as Lord Enver Gortash.