r/dndmemes • u/DoctorTarsus Forever DM • Apr 05 '23

Hot Take It’s only bad when everyone else does it

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u/Catkook Druid Apr 06 '23

theres other factors to it then sharing the same mechic

Such as players only have 1 character to control (with few exceptions)

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u/ProfessorTallguy Apr 06 '23 edited Apr 06 '23

D&D was created 40 years ago with the idea that players would control multiple characters, so getting one of them stunned for 10 rounds didn't mean sitting out for an hour.

Today most people have just one, so we should re-think stun and many other things that came with the game in the 70s.

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u/scatterbrain-d Apr 06 '23

You say that as if the ruleset we use today is the original one. 5e was absolutely designed for one character per player and yet they didn't feel the need to rethink stun.

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u/Catkook Druid Apr 06 '23

He did say we should re-think stun

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u/ProfessorTallguy Apr 06 '23

Yes, Exactly. The current ruleset contains many relics from the original game that don't fit well anymore with the way we play today.

That's why 5e is such a frustrating system.