Recent content by leozg

Balance does matter. 4e had some problems and balance itself was not one of them. The designers approach to balance, purely balancing numbers, boxing all powers, making everything looks the same, was the problem.

This would have been avoided if the painting had been generated by AI

Just surfing the inclusion wave.

Mechanics should support roleplay, not the opposite. This suggestion forces a change in the dynamics of the storytelling.

This is a really good idea. Have you implemented?

Made my point on How would I nerf the Wizard. Not gonna spend more time on Why would I nerf the Wizard. There's a lot of threads on this matter and I'm here to get some good ideas on How to nerf the Wizard. Have already seen some really good ones.

Did it. Not everything, but for spellcasting (except cantrip). Then it is possible to interrupt a spell being cast. You can still cast cantrips while concentrating. The goal is to make spellcasting interruptable. Other suggestions, like increase casting time, need a lot of changes and/or more...

Well, some of these I also applied in my homebrew. You would be surprised by the strength of the argument "if you don't like these changes maybe it's your turn to be the DM". :LOL:

Cantrips not scaling. Wizard HD d4. Learning 1.5 spell per level (1 in odd levels, 2 in even levels). No Arcane Recovery. Casting spells with somatic component triggers AoO (except cantrips). Casting a spell requires concentration (except cantrips). Subclasses have 2 prohibited spell schools...

That's because it is the tittle of this thread.

Good point, but what if the Thief has low Int? Would you allow it, require a test or just say the character is not clever enough to come up with this solution?

Maybe, just for curiosity, you should read 4e books. No need to learn the system, to play or even to create a character, just to see a different approach on how rules were writen. The 4e, besides all controversy, did a great job on the way the system mechanics were writen to avoid...

It's not necessary to try to cover everything (it's impossible), but what they cover should have cohesion. They tried to make a simple system but instead of understanding simple as the opposite of complex, they understood simple as simpleton. Some rules are still complex but described with a...

Not just lazy, it is broken. Just to give a simple example: Absorb elements. First sentence states you store the energy for your next melee attack, but third sentence states the bonus from that stored energy is used only on your next turn. What happens if you walk through a bonfire? Do you have...

I made my own version of the PHB with all the changes needed to fix this systemic problem, but its a neverending work. After reading the answers here I made a lot of changes into it. After literally years working on it, the changes I made were directed toward: 1-removing auto-success or...