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I agree that both of those abilties were out of line. Also, I think the "nerf" to stunning strike was the best thing that happened to monks. Taking away their ability to spam it allowed designers to give them a lot of alternatives, so the class is no longer a one trick pony. Plus, the updated...

Here's one of my opinions that I can see from your initial comments you don't agree with: the 2014 monk was poorly designed and underpowered, and the 2024 monk is a vast improvement, though deflect attacks is OP. I love the change to stunning strike. Have at it - tell me why I'm wrong. I'm...

This would save time, true. But doesn't solve the issue that if the player buys the books for themselves, you probably just have to ask them not to use it. Edit: when I start a campaign, I make a list of what I want toggled on and off on that page and send it to all the players - it only takes...

Few of my players buy their own books, so I'll take your word for it! You can just tell them what is and isn't allowed. This is no different than playing with pen and paper, and a player buying a book that you don't care to use in the campaign. Have a conversation about it.

You think that the fact that their choices didn't reflect exactly your tastes, out of the thousands upon thousands of respondents, means "the designers didn't care what I thought or what I enjoyed about their game"? Do you think that you are the perfectly representative sample, or something...

It’s on the first page of the character builder. Just tell players what content is permitted. If you are using content sharing, you could also do this by limiting which content you choose to share.

WotC is very specific that rage is not just being angry, or even being angry at all.

I’ve had players choose to play clerics as atheists, pantheists, one who basically worshipped every god, one who invented their own god… There’s no right way to do it.

Well, this breaking news from The Great White North should put the entire debate to rest! https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/edmonton-area-man-looking-for-serious-buyers-for-homemade-time-machine/ (to be fair, he seems like a pretty awesome grandpa!)

So D6s have practical advantages, as well as the others I cited. Good point. Do they? Or are they still a tiny fraction compared to the good ol' D6? I'm pretty sure it's the latter, but am happy to admit that I haven't recently counted all the popular games that use D12s or whatever. I feel...

There's no 100% consensus on anything, is there? Is that what you're looking for? I feel like you're being pedantic about a pretty straightforward point about the ubiquity of the D6 even today, when plenty of alternatives are readily and cheaply available. In pragmatic and consensus terms...

We run a mix. It's not a problem. Most players don't pay that much attention to the rules, in my experience, and aren't even aware when I make a ruling in the occasional instance where there's an inconsistency. Then you have players who are also DMs, plus the occasional keener. They tend to grab...

Here is the description of Rage from the intro to Barbarian in the current PHB: Personally, I'm not sure that "rage" is still the best term for what WotC is describing here, especially given that they also call it "primal power" later in the class description. On the other hand, "I would like...

I think the consensus is self-evident: it is by far the most common method of randomization used in analog games. The D6 is ubiquitous. Designer after designer demonstrably settles on the D6. I don't think anyone has done or will do a scientific study of the prevalence of the D6 over, say the...

You want me to list all the games that use D6s as opposed to many other options for randomization? I felt that this was self-evident, given that we are all people who play a lot of games.

It’s the d6, and I cite an overwhelming consensus among game designers. It turns out that 1 in 6 is very effective granularity for a vast array of games. My point against the d12 is basically the same: if it is so optimal, why is it so seldom used despite decades of availability?

This handblown glass star that I had made for my spouse about thirty years ago:

Same! I'm starting to use Maps every session even though I'm a hardcore miniatures/terrain enthusiast. I like having a map of the city or region open for the players, and being able to have handouts and art pop up will be amazing. It's funny that Maps started as this kinda "Oh, by the way..."...

Yup - as soon as a new R&P book appears on DDB it's an instant buy for me.