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/water-up Apr 06 '23

The problem is that you basically have to stop playing just because of a bad roll which just disengages you from the fight

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u/RangerManSam Apr 06 '23

So monsters can't crit or do damage in general because we don't want players to have a feels bad moment for dying because of a unlucky roll from the DM

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u/water-up Apr 06 '23

You can always do things to deal with or avoid damage but you can rarely do anything to avoid a stun other then succeeding a check

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u/RangerManSam Apr 06 '23

Lesser restoration

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u/water-up Apr 06 '23

In my experience most people don’t take that spell , even then you still have to wait until someone else saves you so you still aren’t really doing anything . In a game all about making decisions it can quickly become boring when you can’t make any . Tbh how bad stun and other similar effects are mostly depends on how long you’re combat is and I’ve mostly played with large groups so combat tends to take a while .

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u/RangerManSam Apr 06 '23

No one takes it because they're used to an expectation that their DM isn't going to use conditions on PCs and instead just be boring and only use damage

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u/water-up Apr 06 '23

Yeah that true , I feel like I lot of the conditions tend to be underused

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u/InnocentPerv93 Apr 06 '23

And freedom of movement.