Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
I think it’s in the spirit of the thread to point out that a lot of these grievances are nitpicks, not pedantry.
They're supposed to be examples of nitpicking over small details, rather than real problems like...Interesting that most of the pet peeves shared here don't bother me much.
... unlikely to qualify as pedantic, unless you mean it ironically...With D&D, as a DM, I what I still struggle with the most is
Nope, that sounds serious.planning for player-character magic. More than any other action, selecting spells and applying magic effects seem to slow down the game. I found I that magic tended to surprise me and trivialize many encounters. Further, magic in D&D pushes the game into gonzo territory pretty quickly.
Just an observation, if the only switch between Fighter-Sux and Fighter-Roxtoomuch is +1d8 damage on attacks, you could ... make it +1d4/6?
And then your porridge will be just right.
Do we really even need combat rounds to represent a specific, standardized amount of time? Frankly, I think it would be better to leave it abstract - a round could simply represent an exchange of blows, which might be anywhere from a few seconds to half a minute or more, as suits the narrative.
That is because the ale is really Pabst Blue Ribbon beer which everyone agrees is just water.I can quaff an ale as a free action, but need an action to consume a healing potion.