I won't labour the point, but the main reason I dislike Legendary Resistance is that it needlessly takes away a player's shiny thing. They get to use an ability, and the GM just gets to tell them that it doesn't work.
I tried, in my last article on the subject, to fix this with a few different methods. I've now scrapped all of those workarounds, and come up with a new alternative which I prefer a lot more.
Legendary Resistance (3/day). [Creature] gains advantage on a saving throw of their choice. This advantage may be in addition to advantage they already had, allowing them to roll up to three dice, and choose the highest result.
Simple.
Sorted.
And just in time for Strahd.
Now what happens if the players are imposing a disadvantage to the monster? Going by RAW, it all cancels. I would say, all but the legendary get cancelled, so the legendary still gets advantage, no matter what. So then it would be 2 or 3 dice, dependant on other factors.
ReplyDeleteYes but it takes player resources to impose disadvantage on saving throws which promotes cooperation with other members of the party to set up combos which promotes fun.
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