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I really hate whenever I try to explain how some bad rules can be abused and immediatelly get someone say shit like "If this happens in your group, change it" as if that would solve the problem. And whenever it is not soemthing you witnessed personally, then it means it never happens and could never happen.

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[โ€“] Aielman15@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are the 5e apologists in the room with us?

No, but seriously, most people I know (rightfully) criticize 5e for a lot of things, from sloppy writing in general, to shitty adventure books, to nonsensical rulings and poor balance. I've never met someone willing to defend 5e so passionately.

I've always claimed that base 5e is basically unplayable past tier 2 because of how wild power scaling becomes, and how sloppy certain rules are (God forbid that your wizard doesn't attempt to Shapeshift the Fighter's Echo before you even reach tier 3). And frankly, base 5e is too boring to play for long, anyway. Homebrew is where it's at.

[โ€“] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

Check the other comments. They are absolutely in the room with us.

Oddly enough, they don't defend it by saying it's good. They defend it by tearing down everything else, or brushing the flaws under the carpet with "well, you can just ignore the bad stuff, so they don't count."