Slow is also super annoying when you fail a save to it. Or Stunning Strike. I don't have a problem with players having CC effects, even if the "DM is annoyed". (And as a DM, when I act "frustrated", it's just playacting to make the players feel that their contributions are "getting to me". All part of the fun.)
For the full context, what the rule summarized there says is that a Level 14 Rogue can trade 2d6 from a Sneak Attack hit for a condition effect. Ao, doing less damage, and have to be in the position to have done that 2d6 damage on a successful hit.
The DMG push is probavly going start up after GenCon.
I still think that language is supposed to be "fun" and not actually designed to make life harder for the GM.
I admit to being cautious and adverse to D&D right now, but Chris Perkins has been a huge influence on me as a GM. When I was learning, I barely had anyone to teach me how to GM, and his Dungeon magazine adventures were one of my training tools, I guess you could say. You can see his adventure-writing skill throughout Dungeon getting better and better, and I remember his Iomandra campaign tips being really good. If corporate gives him creative freedom, I believe Chris Perkins can improve what's there into a great DMG.
Yeah, it is obviously just a lighthearted joke, and not a serious suggestion that DMs will be frustrated at losing fights.
