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If I were creating a character, my top three choices would be Halfling, Dragonborn, Tiefling. For me, these three have fun built-in stories: Halflings: being the underdog, the small one in a world of giants Dragonborn: being the charismatic monster, all the interesting characteristics of...

I've always wanted to run a campaign in which, over time, the characters' small home town grows into a massive sprawling city. The characters (or generations of characters) can guide its growth, investing in certain industries and fighting back powerful influences of demons, dragons, mind...

I'm a DM and between groups. I've been running some one-shots over the last year and hoping to find a way to run a regular game.

I guess in my dream 6e, Fighter would have the role as a super combatant so the barbarian, or whatever you want to call it, wouldn't have to be Mr. Beefcake with all the Hit Points. Let's say you had a Wilder class that had monk-level hit points and a lot of cool abilities related to interacting...

Keep in mind that this is my own crazy vision for 6e, but yeah totally. Or maybe they'd be gated to certain paths of spellcasting? Battlemage, etc. But if you're choosing to be a combat-focused spellcaster then you're choosing to not have the other kinds of spells and magic. Playing a wizard...

Wow, you are putting a lot of words in my mouth! I don't think I said anything about mysteries only being solved by magic??? Or the feelings of players??? Who is this strange BookTenTiger you are arguing with, it's definitely not me. In my dream 6e (the ostensible topic of this thread), classes...

I think having casters should shine out of combat, but in combat martial classes should feel special and important. Have casters buff, curse, and manipulate the environment in combat. Out of combat they can still do amazing things that solve problems.

For me, my dream 6e would include... Asynchronous class design: playing different classes should feel radically different and fun in different ways Moving almost all damaging abilities to the martial classes (spellcasters would still buff, impact the environment, curse enemies, etc) Getting rid...

I guess that's why I used the words "To me" rather than "According to the Player's Handbook..."

Interesting, that's definitely not my view of them. To me: Halflings are tenacious underdogs. Gnomes are mischievous and magical.

What would you get out of a - thread that you can't get in a normal one? I believe + threads mean "the premise of this topic is not up for debate," not necessarily "stay positive." What would a - thread even mean?

I just can't believe Brennan stole my idea from a random post I made in 2022! I just hope I get my name in the credits!

Yeah, if it came out now we'd definitely be talking about the colonialism, racism, and the author's outspoken antisemitism.

I can help you with that! Twilight: teaches unhealthy lessons about relationships, and features an age gap that's "May / December" to an insane degree. It's basically the Roblox of romance vampire fiction. Divergent: never read or watched. Hunger Games: a lazy rip-off of Japanese media, the...

I guess if you don't want to read criticism of works you enjoy, don't read unpopular opinions about them? I will say, with Roald Dahl, his antisemitism is well documented. As an elementary school teacher who is culturally Jewish, I've debated whether to have his books in my classroom library...