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Mike Shea

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
18096 total appearances

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The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

She was frustrated with me because I was like, my recommendation is don't run 20th level 5E games. Now I will say this, the best D&D game I ever played in, the best RPG I ever played in was a 20th level game. that my friend James Intercaso ran for his adventure called Invasion of the Planet of Tarrasques. But we spent a lot of time building our characters together before we ever sat down to play.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

She was frustrated with me because I was like, my recommendation is don't run 20th level 5E games. Now I will say this, the best D&D game I ever played in, the best RPG I ever played in was a 20th level game. that my friend James Intercaso ran for his adventure called Invasion of the Planet of Tarrasques. But we spent a lot of time building our characters together before we ever sat down to play.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

It was James Intercaso, who is not what I would consider a DM in the media, and he is a very, very experienced DM. He had run it a whole bunch, and he knew how to fit it in. I also think we had like a six-hour slot. Like none of us had anything to do, so we knew it could go long. That was a very, and we all knew each other. We're all friends and we all knew each other.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

It was James Intercaso, who is not what I would consider a DM in the media, and he is a very, very experienced DM. He had run it a whole bunch, and he knew how to fit it in. I also think we had like a six-hour slot. Like none of us had anything to do, so we knew it could go long. That was a very, and we all knew each other. We're all friends and we all knew each other.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

It was James Intercaso, who is not what I would consider a DM in the media, and he is a very, very experienced DM. He had run it a whole bunch, and he knew how to fit it in. I also think we had like a six-hour slot. Like none of us had anything to do, so we knew it could go long. That was a very, and we all knew each other. We're all friends and we all knew each other.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

That was a very different case. When you're running like a convention game and you're running a 20th level game, you don't know who's going to come there. And if you get somebody who's like a true min-maxer, a min-maxer with a 20th level character is going to take forever. Now I will say this, there were two of, there were four of us there, two couples, none of us were min-maxers.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

That was a very different case. When you're running like a convention game and you're running a 20th level game, you don't know who's going to come there. And if you get somebody who's like a true min-maxer, a min-maxer with a 20th level character is going to take forever. Now I will say this, there were two of, there were four of us there, two couples, none of us were min-maxers.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

That was a very different case. When you're running like a convention game and you're running a 20th level game, you don't know who's going to come there. And if you get somebody who's like a true min-maxer, a min-maxer with a 20th level character is going to take forever. Now I will say this, there were two of, there were four of us there, two couples, none of us were min-maxers.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

We didn't get a notification that it was a 20th level game until the night before, which means we had to whip up D&D 2024 characters. And we did. And I was nice. They were like, oh, you can have any like uncommon, two uncommon, one rare, one very rare magic item. And I'm like, I will not pick the, you know, armor that lets me cast shield six times. And he's like, you can if you want.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

We didn't get a notification that it was a 20th level game until the night before, which means we had to whip up D&D 2024 characters. And we did. And I was nice. They were like, oh, you can have any like uncommon, two uncommon, one rare, one very rare magic item. And I'm like, I will not pick the, you know, armor that lets me cast shield six times. And he's like, you can if you want.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

We didn't get a notification that it was a 20th level game until the night before, which means we had to whip up D&D 2024 characters. And we did. And I was nice. They were like, oh, you can have any like uncommon, two uncommon, one rare, one very rare magic item. And I'm like, I will not pick the, you know, armor that lets me cast shield six times. And he's like, you can if you want.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

I'm like, I'm not doing that. Like, that's just no, not for a one shot game. So I did take an item that let me cast Misty Step because I was a fighter. I didn't, I can't really say I learned a lot about D&D 2024 from playing that game, other than I tried to topple the hell out of stuff.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

I'm like, I'm not doing that. Like, that's just no, not for a one shot game. So I did take an item that let me cast Misty Step because I was a fighter. I didn't, I can't really say I learned a lot about D&D 2024 from playing that game, other than I tried to topple the hell out of stuff.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

I'm like, I'm not doing that. Like, that's just no, not for a one shot game. So I did take an item that let me cast Misty Step because I was a fighter. I didn't, I can't really say I learned a lot about D&D 2024 from playing that game, other than I tried to topple the hell out of stuff.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

I forced a creature to make eight saving throws in one turn with topple by hitting it with my maul times using action surge. And it burned two of its legendary resistances and made the saving through the other six times before. And it would have really mattered because it was flying. So if I managed to topple what was flying, it would have fallen and taken a bunch of falling damage.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

I forced a creature to make eight saving throws in one turn with topple by hitting it with my maul times using action surge. And it burned two of its legendary resistances and made the saving through the other six times before. And it would have really mattered because it was flying. So if I managed to topple what was flying, it would have fallen and taken a bunch of falling damage.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

I forced a creature to make eight saving throws in one turn with topple by hitting it with my maul times using action surge. And it burned two of its legendary resistances and made the saving through the other six times before. And it would have really mattered because it was flying. So if I managed to topple what was flying, it would have fallen and taken a bunch of falling damage.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

But my general recommendation is don't run 20th level one-shot games because it's going to be too hard. You don't know what you're going to get. Michelle was like, well, what if it said you did it? I'm like, you know, then my answer is you made a mistake because you said you were going to run a 20th level game. I'm like, just don't do it. Like the easiest way is just don't do it.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

But my general recommendation is don't run 20th level one-shot games because it's going to be too hard. You don't know what you're going to get. Michelle was like, well, what if it said you did it? I'm like, you know, then my answer is you made a mistake because you said you were going to run a 20th level game. I'm like, just don't do it. Like the easiest way is just don't do it.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
Independent Spaces for RPG Discourse โ€“ Lazy RPG Talk Show

But my general recommendation is don't run 20th level one-shot games because it's going to be too hard. You don't know what you're going to get. Michelle was like, well, what if it said you did it? I'm like, you know, then my answer is you made a mistake because you said you were going to run a 20th level game. I'm like, just don't do it. Like the easiest way is just don't do it.