Recent content by AlViking

I cringe most of the times a guy wants to play a female. There are exceptions but most of them will have their character sleep with anyone anytime for any reason. Talking to the crew of a pirate ship and the scurvy ridden crew with 3 teeth between them that are catcalling the women (I left...

My characters have had pretty even split between tragic backgrounds and normal if not exactly idyllic lives. The latter tend to be driven by either wanderlust and adventure or a desire to help others. Perhaps they feel a calling or, while they had a good childhood, just don't see where they...

Yeah, but your scientists game designers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. ;)

Characters can go from fighting humans to wyverns to oozes to rat swarms. The game doesn't get into the level of detail to give people a reason to equip their characters with weapons to have specific weapons for each. Thanks for proof positive that you obviously ignored the article I linked...

They've (over)simplified some things, streamlined others. I don't see a dramatic increase in complexity myself or significant power creep. Some classes became more powerful, some less while most monsters got a needed upgrade while also being easier to run. If you don't like the revisions that's...

I think the 2024 version is much more newbie friendly, especially for new DMs. It may not have some of the more advanced topics on customization but that's what blogs, third party and perhaps a new book down the line are for.

Heck if I know. But that was a bit different, 3e had only been out a couple of years and felt like a cash grab. On the other hand we had a decade before a major change to the core rules with 5e. Meanwhile a lot of people on this forum are older than the norm (I would assume most) and most...

Based on the article I linked to, there are many, many images of swords being used in battle and were often the primary weapon of many individuals. In addition, manuals for combat readiness emphasized swordsmanship. It all depended on where and what era, what the person was familiar with, what...

I linked to the article a while back but a lot of extant images from that era show plenty of swords being used in battle. It just depended on when, where and for what use. Guns did eventually become the standard weapon of course, but until then it was a mix depending on unit and what the...

I would assume that everyone needs to do basic maintenance on their gear. But if in a hundred years internal combustion engines are a thing of the past I wouldn't expect them to know how often you have to change the oil or even that you had to change it. Meanwhile cars may break down but for...

I'm sure budgetary concerns affect more than just you. We all have to make decisions on what we spend on leisure time activities. As a leisure time activity D&D is cheaper per hour than many other options, that doesn't mean it's an option for everyone.

If anyone knows it would be WOTC, but even they probably don't have a clue. They can certainly get a better idea from DndBeyond but I would imagine that would be pretty heavily biased. My own personal experience and what I see for open games and game days would tell me that it's widely...

So it's $70 for a couple, if you have 3 kids you've now spent enough to buy the books on amazon. I just got invited to play the Frosthaven board game, it costs $250. Meanwhile if you adjust for inflation, the core books are cheaper than ever. I get it if people don't have the budget to play...

If the cost of books and/or DndBeyond was an issue for someone's game I was playing in I would happily chip in.

Did I say you or anyone else should change editions? Or choose to use DndBeyond? Meanwhile I had a meal at a nice restaurant while on vacation and the cost for a single meal was over a hundred dollars. It reminded why I almost never eat out. D&D is expensive for some people but buying all of...