New Posts For Thread: Ideas on combating the five minute workdayhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/28929663/Ideas_on_combating_the_five_minute_workdayI feel the five minute work day has always been game breaking even in 4e. DM's have managed it themselves with varying degrees of success over the years. Is there a way to put some limitations into the game to help DMs out on this. I'm going to aanother way to discurage the 5 minute work day would be to make milestones much more important.with class features/ feats / magic items depending on the milestones you achieved.when you take a extended rest you can take the benefits of re gaining heahttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/28929663/Ideas_on_combating_the_five_minute_workday?post_id=516810003#516810003another way to discurage the 5 minute work day would be to make milestones much more important.with class features/ feats / magic items depending on the milestones you achieved.when you take a extended rest you can take the benefits of re gaining heaSat, 25 Feb 2012 07:31:48 -0600I'd like to add the option for throttling to the list of potential fixes.Drop a 2nd daily in the same encounter and be subject to fatigue penalties, possiblly including a mixe of:-1 to hit for every extra daily usedreduce damage dice by a step for evhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/28929663/Ideas_on_combating_the_five_minute_workday?post_id=516787339#516787339I'd like to add the option for throttling to the list of potential fixes.Drop a 2nd daily in the same encounter and be subject to fatigue penalties, possiblly including a mixe of:-1 to hit for every extra daily usedreduce damage dice by a step for evFri, 24 Feb 2012 15:24:09 -0600Great work Zaenos, I really appreciate what you have done.However, I think you missed one point with the scaling point cost I did propose.Used knock as an example but will use a different one now based on a slightly different mechanic compared to thehttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/28929663/Ideas_on_combating_the_five_minute_workday?post_id=516786447#516786447Great work Zaenos, I really appreciate what you have done.However, I think you missed one point with the scaling point cost I did propose.Used knock as an example but will use a different one now based on a slightly different mechanic compared to theFri, 24 Feb 2012 15:01:52 -0600I am thinking this is indeed closer in feel to Literary Vancian casting.... although it has been years I recall his magic was way more flavorful than D&D magic... no wizard in that world would be caught dead casting something called something as utilhttp://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/28929663/Ideas_on_combating_the_five_minute_workday?post_id=516719239#516719239I am thinking this is indeed closer in feel to Literary Vancian casting.... although it has been years I recall his magic was way more flavorful than D&D magic... no wizard in that world would be caught dead casting something called something as utilThu, 23 Feb 2012 05:14:28 -0600Good work, Zaenos. :)http://community.wizards.com/dndnext/go/thread/view/75882/28929663/Ideas_on_combating_the_five_minute_workday?post_id=516719053#516719053Good work, Zaenos. :)Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:07:00 -0600