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The last thing I wanted was simpler monsters, so you understand my disappointment...

I've been thinking about 5.5 some more and I've realised that a large part of what killed my enthusiasm for 5e in general was the play...

So do I, but since I am not a player in a 2024 game I can't really judge it from that perspective beyond knowing that there are some...

Somewhere between the A5E Turnpike and the Daggerheart Causeway.

Well the thing about complicated game systems is they have lots of moving bits and pieces and you don't really confront them all at...

Where's the off ramp into "this won't work, there is a better way".

That's almost all player facing, which doesn't concern me. I admit, bloodied being back is nice -- except very very few monster designs...

Well the downside of it being a group activity is this is a pizza where everyone at the table has to come to a consensus on toppings...

Yep, 5e was absolutely due for some sort of revised rules compendium from the moment Tasha's hit. I mean suddenly if I wanted my...

You know I'm also unhappy with the change to Counterspell but I feel like this is an unwarranted level of salt over it. 😅

5/10, one reason being clarity: A: What's an NPC? B: It stands for non-player-character. A: So, everything that's not a...

2014 was somehow unusable because your character might have to make an ability check, but 2024 where the target always gets a saving...

I mean some people absolutely hated Counterspell, so I guess a nerfed to near pointlessness version seems like an improvement to them...

I have known for many years that the most insane score in football history was Georgia Tech 222 - Cumberland Gap College 0. TIL the...

Bold take.