tendrilsfor20 > The Wizards Community

jskell27 voted in the poll, "What is your favorite class from across the editions?".

Brapnor voted in the poll, "How many resources should a cleric spend healing allies?".

2 people like this poll.

tendrilsfor20 updated their profile.

tendrilsfor20 posted to Ivid_IV's forum thread.

Forum Topic: Vancian magic is back!

tendrilsfor20 posted to SurlyCleric's forum thread.

Forum Topic: That's not "simple" to me - a concern

tendrilsfor20 posted to Tizun_Thane's forum thread.

Forum Topic: Magic System

tendrilsfor20 posted to his forum thread on the DnD Next group.

Forum Topic: "It Feels Like D&D" isn't a thing

tendrilsfor20 posted to nukunuku's forum thread on the DnD Next group.

Forum Topic: let's kill some personal favorites :)

Brapnor voted in the poll, "Does game flavor need to be directly supported by game mechanics?".

tendrilsfor20 added a comment to WotC_GregB's blog post on the DnD Next group.

+1 or Better to Hit?

Back in the day, just about every Dungeon Master had a set of house rules, or...

Show previous 5 comments...

2 / 95

marco9999

I tend to see Resistance as an easier, more solid mechanic. I also hate with a passion +X magic items and the old -this can only be hit with a +2 weapon- , -this only with a +3- and so on. What I do like are immunities, although I'd use them sparingly. I really don't think ghosts and other immaterial creatures should give a damn about anything solid, elemental magic included, with the possible exception of weapons and magic created for the explicit goal of hurting them. Dragons might be highly...

View full comment I tend to see Resistance as an easier, more solid mechanic. I also hate with a passion +X magic items and the old -this can only be hit with a +2 weapon- , -this only with a +3- and so on. What I do like are immunities, although I'd use them sparingly. I really don't think ghosts and other immaterial creatures should give a damn about anything solid, elemental magic included, with the possible exception of weapons and magic created for the explicit goal of hurting them. Dragons might be highly resistant to fire (and/or poisons, etc, depending on the dragon of course) but probably not immune -a certain amount of heat should be unbearable to mostly anything material, unless it's a very special case. The heat from a star should be able to kill off even a classic red great wyrm I guess, but maybe not a fire elemental? And sure, I can imagine dragons swimming in lava, that'd be cool (and terrifying).

There should probably also be creatures, or even just individuals, immune to most physical damage -or so resistant that no rain of arrows or army of warriors could pierce their skin -I'm thinking of dragons again, like Smaug from The Hobbit, Fafnir from Norse mythology, and others (who had their weak points of course, and this would be a cool direction for the game to go, as well).

BTW I don't think werewolves should have DR X/silver. I think they should be hurt -more- by silver, and normally by normal weapons. Silver is their weak point, usually (because of its supposed holiness, so perhaps other holy stuff might work too, if they're something unholy at least... many therianthropes the world over are seen as blessed by some god, instead).

As for enchanted creatures who could only be wounded by magic -like, for some reason, gargoyles, who should probably 'just' have a very high resistance to most kinds of damage thanks to their stone body IMHO- ... well, make them vulnerable only to magic. Only powerful enough magic, even, if the concept requires it -a certain level of spell or enchantment, say- but please, no more +1 swords!...

May 4, 2012 10:29 AM PDT

Kayal

These types of special monster traits should be "just spelled out on a case-by-case basis for the monsters that ... need them."
Describing unique characteristics for different monsters allows for a greater variety of monster traits. Instead of 27 different monsters with either resiatance or DR, you could have 8 with DR, 7 with resistance, and a dozen others with wholey unique characteristics.

View full comment

June 14, 2012 6:19 PM PDT

TediBehr voted in the poll, "Does DR belong in the game?".

1 person likes this poll.

tendrilsfor20 added a comment to WotC_GregB's blog post on the DnD Next group.

Holy and Radiant

The earth erupts, and undead stagger forth. But the cleric brandishes her...

Show previous 5 comments...

2 / 109

marco9999

In a sense, I don't really see either holy nor radiant as damage types. Heat, acid, cold, electricity, sure... but holiness and light don't cause damage per se, now do they? Would a magical laser cause radiant damage? Nope -it would burn. Heat damage (or fire, or burn, whatever).
Checking the examples I would say -Flamestrike is clearly burning damage (which BTW should work especially well on dry old skeleton bones, but anyways) -the holiness of the flamestrike would be the same holiness...

View full comment

May 4, 2012 9:57 AM PDT

Rablin

I think it depends on the complexity you want to achieve. Heat from focused light based damage can be protected against in different ways than heat from flames. This make the simulation better but the game more complex.

June 15, 2012 2:33 PM PDT

tendrilsfor20 added a comment to WotC_GregB's blog post on the DnD Next group.

D&D Playtest News for Week of January 16

After last week’s big announcement, we’ve seen an explosion of...

Show previous 5 comments...

2 / 29

lmarble33

I'd actually prefer Reptile. Small, Medium and HUGH!

February 9, 2012 9:30 AM PST

Lord_Jaroh

I like having both, with dinosaurs being one thing and behemoths being another.

February 17, 2012 6:31 PM PST

Brapnor voted in the poll, "Can the holy damage and radiant damage types exist in the same game?".

Brapnor voted in the poll, "In earlier editions, dinosaurs were just called “dinosaurs.” In 4th Edition, dinosaurs were called “behemoths.” Which do you prefer in your game?".

tendrilsfor20 posted to Neptune0923's forum thread.

Forum Topic: Putting the role back in roleplaying

tendrilsfor20 added a comment to LAPIT's blog post.

The Strategy of Sharing

Continued from my last blog, "With Respect, The Rules Are Not The Problem"So...

Show previous comment...

2 / 3

LAPIT

The stereotype aside, Tendrilsfor20 makes a good point that if veteran DMs are hired then they should have good customer service skills, as would be expected by any employer. Remember, they are not being paid to spread only their point of view and leave other options out, they are supposed to bring in more players. Like with education, where uniformity doesn't address the different learning needs of individual students, the best DMs will work with the new players to help them detail the game to...

View full comment

January 10, 2012 2:56 AM PST

tendrilsfor20

I couldn't agree more. I even started a blog about it, at dndnext.blogspot.com

January 10, 2012 6:28 PM PST

tendrilsfor20 posted a new blog post.

New Blog

I've started a blog to document my issues, concerns, hopes and dreams for 5th...

Sorry, there are no comments.

tendrilsfor20 added a comment to WotC_GregB's blog post on the DnD Next group.

Welcome to the Group

Welcome to the playtesting group for the next iteration of Dungeons &...

Sorry, there are no comments.

Aldarin21 voted in the poll, "What Type of Monster Should Be Featured in the First Playtest?".

12 people like this poll.

Community

Profile

Activity Feed

jskell27 voted in the poll, "What is your favorite class from across the editions?".

Brapnor voted in the poll, "How many resources should a cleric spend healing allies?".

tendrilsfor20 updated their profile.

tendrilsfor20 posted to Ivid_IV's forum thread.

tendrilsfor20 posted to SurlyCleric's forum thread.

tendrilsfor20 posted to Tizun_Thane's forum thread.

tendrilsfor20 posted to his forum thread on the DnD Next group.

tendrilsfor20 posted to nukunuku's forum thread on the DnD Next group.

Brapnor voted in the poll, "Does game flavor need to be directly supported by game mechanics?".

tendrilsfor20 added a comment to WotC_GregB's blog post on the DnD Next group.

TediBehr voted in the poll, "Does DR belong in the game?".

tendrilsfor20 added a comment to WotC_GregB's blog post on the DnD Next group.

tendrilsfor20 added a comment to WotC_GregB's blog post on the DnD Next group.

Brapnor voted in the poll, "Can the holy damage and radiant damage types exist in the same game?".

Brapnor voted in the poll, "In earlier editions, dinosaurs were just called “dinosaurs.” In 4th Edition, dinosaurs were called “behemoths.” Which do you prefer in your game?".

tendrilsfor20 posted to Neptune0923's forum thread.

tendrilsfor20 added a comment to LAPIT's blog post.

tendrilsfor20 posted a new blog post.

tendrilsfor20 added a comment to WotC_GregB's blog post on the DnD Next group.

Aldarin21 voted in the poll, "What Type of Monster Should Be Featured in the First Playtest?".

My Profile

About Me

D&D

Magic

Axis & Allies

Star Wars

Blog Posts

Comments

My Characters

Lair Assault

Vitals

Calendar

Calendar Events

Friends

My Groups

Corporate

Wizards.com Sites