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People can image D&D however they want. Making it fit that vision is up to them and their players, not anyone else.

D&D handles languages terribly so I completely throw it out for my games, including the ludicrous "common".

Nevermind that one could argue that racial languages are effectively a standin for "regional" languages. Though honestly calling them...

Having language matter in a realistic way in the imaginary world the PCs are part of is "playing the game" to me.

Nope. It should be something like: Or something like it. Instead of using real world languages they could put the Faerunian languages...

I think a huge problem is the slow assumption of Common as the everyday language. In some settings like Greyhawk, it makes sense because...

DTRPG prints and ships from the UK for Europe, so for these books at least it won’t matter much. Yet. And a lot of TTRPG Kickstarters...

US-Based kickstarters are already increadibly expensive for us Europeans due to shipping and VAT + and import fees to Europe (and Brexit...

We live in a post-irony world, given how badly irony was beaten to death over the past few years. Yeah, I think this may just be the...

I switched to 100% PDFs on January 1st, 2025.

I'm sure it is all complicated, but I assumed paper . . . maybe books are printed in the US, but paper (and other supplies) are...

Yes, as a player. And I have my players track ammo as a DM. Ranged combat, especially post-2e, is basically superior to melee combat-...

I like playing RPGs solo. I've been doing it for decades. A common refrain heard among gamers is "this game seems really cool, but I'll...