Recent content by tetrasodium

I tried similar hoping to head off "ZOMGBADWRONGFUNIHAVEDARKVISION!!!" with some players who started with 5e when I tried to introduce meaningful light rules but the end result was less willingness to keep half way and more outraged resistance woven with loophole seeking for the sake of the...

Wanted to proactively address this before someone fires shots at it. Usually I see those knee jerk banning statements from folks who just blast with it before even asking what I was thinking of playing or finding out the answer would usually have been something like a wizard from Thay or...

I've seen more than one player spout that toxic line from 4e at my eberron tables. Unsurprisingly they tend to be the GM's most likely to be upset at the mere idea of allowing a warforge PC artificer PC or PC with eberron lore at their FR table in my experience. A place, not the same place...

Turn it around and consider why FR GM's don't like players showing up with a warforged artificer tied to one of the dragon marked houses, The Last War and elements from a continent that exists in a totally different setting. It's disruptive when the GM needs to say "Nonono back up. All of that...

It's because the important part is something completely unrelated to the fey ancestry. The Dhakaanii empire is the important point. The fey realm ancestry in relation to goblinoids of eberron(khorvaire even moreso) is about the same bad fit as it would be to focus a summary of Americans and...

I'm a fan of thoughtful charop but Optimization/build guides have become a problem for d&d because 5e tried so hard to streamline & simplify everything. Knowing how to optimize without being a disruption requires the player to understand the system well enough to metaphorically read the cards...

Eberron goblinoids are different to the point that they even have their own names for themselves Goblins were called golin'dar, meaning "quick people". "Golin" in goblin language translates to "quick," referring to both speed and intelligence. Hobgoblins were called ghaal'dar, meaning "mighty...

That would be pretty awesome if wotc did that with 2024 eberron stuff. Running eberron campaigns with tiefling players can get super annoying when they start loredumping Asmodeus and ties to planes/planar lore that don't exist. It would also have the benefit of making tieflings actually...

I want poke at that "establish silence" comment before I get to the rest of the post. That seems like you are suggesting that you interpreted my post as suggesting session zero should be a do now for all things or else the gm just needs to silently accept it when it was a post saying that...

Not really, these kinds of things are fair game for the GM and players to bring up at any point in play. I think that @payn kinda nailed it but "session zero" obligations have almost been fetishized to the point where the gm is expected to approach it with the skills of a nearly omniscient...

I have been that gm frequently (not specifically with @DrJawaPhD) It's far more trouble to deal with the RoLePlAyEr who thinks themselves the main character and operates under the shield of "I'm a RoLePlAyEr"

You completely left out and kinda maligned an additional form of CharOp that focused on reciprocity. That flavor of optimized PC is either completely forgotten and (often) considered dead weight or seen as the insulation and rocket fuel cranking everyone else in the party to 11 and/or critically...

You completely left out and kinda maligned an additional form of CharOp that focused on reciprocity. That flavor of optimized PC is either completely forgotten and (often) considered dead weight or seen as the insulation and rocket fuel cranking everyone else in the party to 11 and/or critically...

Context is important, that quote was in relation to the hypothetical spectre of social media outrage. It's relevant because that particular series of light novels has a plotline that involves purchasing a dwarven child slave to train for something crafting related. There was some controversy...