New Posts For Thread: repeating the same action most turns?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29616989/repeating_the_same_action_most_turnsAs a cleric I spent most of my combat turns casting Lance of Faith, unless someone needed to be healed desperately I just threw those Lance's at my opponents because I had no better options.My Party's fighter archer pretty much just throw arrows at eHopefully the "Middle Ground" is where this has to go. Without Manuevers the game is dead and with too many it is dead also. As has been stated of late, "Fluff" may be the answer. I only hope we get some things like Paladin, Bard, Ranger, Druid, Hhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29616989/repeating_the_same_action_most_turns?post_id=529510709#529510709Hopefully the "Middle Ground" is where this has to go. Without Manuevers the game is dead and with too many it is dead also. As has been stated of late, "Fluff" may be the answer. I only hope we get some things like Paladin, Bard, Ranger, Druid, HSun, 03 Mar 2013 11:24:38 -0600The problem is there is no reward for the flavor really. That is a problem with you have to rely solely on player and GM creativity. You are going to have a few campaigns that will likely do well, but many more that are going to flounder because ohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29616989/repeating_the_same_action_most_turns?post_id=529446015#529446015The problem is there is no reward for the flavor really. That is a problem with you have to rely solely on player and GM creativity. You are going to have a few campaigns that will likely do well, but many more that are going to flounder because oThu, 28 Feb 2013 23:00:43 -0600In my experience, this works one of the following ways:1) The DM doesn't know what he is doing balance wise and he allows improvisations that are drastically out of whack with the game math,2) The DM does know what he is doing but the penalties are shttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29616989/repeating_the_same_action_most_turns?post_id=529428575#529428575In my experience, this works one of the following ways:1) The DM doesn't know what he is doing balance wise and he allows improvisations that are drastically out of whack with the game math,2) The DM does know what he is doing but the penalties are sThu, 28 Feb 2013 11:38:01 -0600I actually think things like Manuevers or a Power that dictates to a player what their character is doing is over repetitive/redundant. The Idea that a Player is imagining what they are doing or trying something creative (with the DM working with thhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29616989/repeating_the_same_action_most_turns?post_id=529404229#529404229I actually think things like Manuevers or a Power that dictates to a player what their character is doing is over repetitive/redundant. The Idea that a Player is imagining what they are doing or trying something creative (with the DM working with thWed, 27 Feb 2013 14:22:27 -0600And this attitude to how martial combat actually works, ladies and gentlemen, is why D&D has a boring, stiff, lifeless martial combat system. "It's just some dudes swingin' swords, right?" Tactics? Techniques? Quick thinking, willpower, exploiting wehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29616989/repeating_the_same_action_most_turns?post_id=529149289#529149289And this attitude to how martial combat actually works, ladies and gentlemen, is why D&D has a boring, stiff, lifeless martial combat system. "It's just some dudes swingin' swords, right?" Tactics? Techniques? Quick thinking, willpower, exploiting weMon, 18 Feb 2013 16:14:38 -0600