Pet peeves: The return (Part 13)

Argent Dawn
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Counterspell would be more interesting+cooler if it was a mechanic instead of being a singular spell.

Something like

Counterspell.
When a hostile creature casts a spell, you may attempt to counter it with a thematically appropriate spell of your own that has a casting time of one action or one bonus action. Solely for the countering, its casting time changes to a Reaction.

[blah blah spell slot+spellcasting ability check mechanic stuff]

A thematically appropriate spell will typically be one that exists in opposition to the spell being cast - Fireball may be countered by a Cold damage spell, Cure Wounds by a spell that deals necrotic damage or inflicts a curse, Fly by a gravity or earth-binding spell, Bless by Bane, or divination by an illusion or enchantment that tricks the mind and bewitches the senses.

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2401

Is the means by which all things are revealled

2402

elenthas re-inventing 3.5, one step at a time

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2403

Repeated counterspelling sounds like they’ve just re-invented the defensive spell/dispel arms race of yore but less even interesting.

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2404

I was gonna say, 2.e Pathfinder has a counterspell mechanic, but it relies on you knowing the spell being cast.

So if you know Fireball and someone casts Fireball, you can spend an action to try a check to counter the spell.

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Counterspell this dispel that. Back in my day we just punched nerds in the throat or backhanded them back to magic school. Catching fire catch these hands https://youtu.be/FeahzYGuIKY?si=pXlqsE6IUw0AMF-G

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2406

if you make out with a wizard sloppy style they can’t cast spells

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2407

Kissing cute booknerd Wizards is also a morally good action.

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2408

what if you aren’t in melee range

2409

Flat-footed is fine as a condition but was mostly folded into advantage/surprise so losing it isn’t a problem. Wouldn’t hate it if they brought it back as a way to boost up heavy armour types and nerf the dexterity users, but it’s not really a big deal either way.

Touch AC can remain banished to past editions though. Completely and utterly unnecessary in 5e.

2410

Bigby’s Mashing Lips.

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2411

that’s what Inappropriate Mage Hand Usage is for

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2412

Surely this should be against some kind of universal law of magic. Fireball to the face is okay but we draw the line at assault.

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2413

I come from a terrible and dark land where there is no counterspell, but your entire 4th level spells are taken up by Greater Malison, 5th level spells are taken up by Breach, we keep Ruby Ray of Reversal on tap for any Liches and we have a gentleman’s agreement not to use Mislead as it’s fundamentally broken on any sort of Mage/Thief. :dracthyr_shrug:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eAIzPq7tpw

Imagine this but instead it’s him saying “THAC0…”

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Played an AD&D campaign a while ago and our wizard did indeed start play with 1/1HP

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2416

For some reason it reminded me of that old meme/story of a Dragonborn Wizard dying at session 1 because he headpated the tiefling who didn’t like being touched, and she bit his hand, rolled a crit, and the Wizard bled out and failed all the saving throws.

Edit:

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2417

Wizard: “Oh well, it seems like I am out of spell slots…” -flings robe off, revealing boxing shorts and the 6-pack Of A Demigod- "I guess this will have to suffice. I cast - FIST!"

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2418

Denken frieren my beloved

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As much as sometimes the ‘sequels, prequels and everything else’ of popular films and shows can grow a little stale, I would probably make an exception for seein Denken in his prime.
Man must have been a force of nature.

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