Fuck party optimisation
You want a party of four rogues? Go for it— JDB Cosplay (@JdbCosplay) November 27, 2019
unless you want me to DM for you Why…scared? 😉
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) November 27, 2019
I already have to do enough god damn work to make D&D function, I don’t need my players piling their twee bullshit on top of it.
Fair enough! I, personally, like the idea of a professional infiltration team with distributed focus: One Burglar Master (Arcane Trickster, Thieves’ Tools/ranged master), the Charismatic Face man/duelist (Swashbuckler, Persuasion/Decept focus), …(1/2)
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) November 27, 2019
the brutish Str-based thug (Scout, Dual Wielder Feat, maybe Fighter multiclass), and the keen-eyed old leader (Inquisitive, Healer+Mobile feats).
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) November 27, 2019
I have that game already.
It’s called Blades in the Dark. Aye! See, you can make it work in both systems. 😉— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) November 27, 2019
next thing you’re gonna tell me you’re running a Star Trek game using 2nd Edition D&D and I’m gonna literally just wink out of existence due to the existential pressure of my own frustration. I see I walked into what I thought was a convo on party dynamics, but miiight instead be bit of a system-war, soooo… my bad! I’ll just see myself out. *tips hat and smiles*
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) November 28, 2019
(And too clarify, of course there are systems better suited to telling the type of story I mentioned… Blades in the Dark a great example.)
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) November 28, 2019