Recent content by Chaosmancer

So you cannot use mage hand to knock on a door, or knead bread, or cut meat with a knife, or.... We need to be careful with limiting mage hand non-attack actions based on it not being able to attack, because we essentially have to say that Mage Hand can no longer do anything at all to prevent...

You know, weirdly, I had a whole paragraph about that. Like, my post was longer than the single sentence you quoted. Yeah, set dressing. Like I said. Interestingly, comics, movies, and fiction often have a solution to this, which often seems to annoy people in the TTRPG space. Montages. A...

Um... Isn't that what DnD Beyond is? DnD official digital marketplace selling DnD products alongside 3rd party creators. And if that isn't enough 3rd party for you, what about DM's Guild? Still selling Core DnD rules, and 3rd party material, AND older material. And there is ALSO...

That is kind of an overly paternalistic take. "Well, you only like this thing because you haven't really considered it deeply enough." The truth is, a lot of things people call out as "flaws" or "weaknesses"... aren't. They just simply are not those things. They are just different choices from...

How are you defining want? Yeah, I have generally not seen self-identified Grognards advocate for WoTC to make new ideas. Maybe some have said "they should make something new" but that's vague and unhelpful really. And, I specify WoTC making it, because many of them HAVE created their own...

If someone is complaining that a vegan taco joint doesn't sell beef tacos... it isn't the fault of the restaurant, or a sign that their tacos are bad. And if you sit down and harass the wait staff every week... you are no longer just expressing your mild opinion on your taste.

But deterrents are kind of useless. In fact, they are worse than useless, because if they work, the party is deterred from continuing forward. I think, really, "traps" and "puzzles" need to be thought of first and foremost as challenges. Sure, you can have the occasional set-dressing of a...

You could make a car as complicated and customizable as a tank. That will not help you sell more cars. That will not appeal to people looking to buy cars. Dungeons and Dragons is a weird game, in this respect. The point of DnD rules is largely to codify specific actions. In some other systems...

Exactly. When making a statement, there are really only two things that can be the goal. One is to simply present a neat statement, "Oh hey, did you hear that there is a planet that rains diamonds due to atmospheric pressure?" Neat. Cool to know. Otherwise, you are making a statement to lead...

Then find a way to make it interesting. Have traps or charm effects that work on visuals, so seeing it through the spell triggers it. Have them see an emergency so the party has to rush into the dungeon while it is only partially explored. Make a dungeon that you hand them the map of the...

It is kind of concerning the number of people to whom the problem of "this trap was boring" is solved in the single most boring way possible, ie "just make the trap impossible to trigger with the spell". Making the treasure chest lid weigh 15 lbs so that mage hand can't lift it and trigger the...

No. You are completely and utterly missing my point. It is not that they would take issue with those things. It is that they would not have ADVOCATED for those things. Those things would not have been their ideas. You are taking a position that says "these are not the sort of ideas those people...

And just calling something a strawman doesn't make it a bad opening point in a discussion. I don't even know what your issue with the example of the Iron Man movie is, all you've done is point and say "STRAWMAN!!!" like that is in anyway meaningful. Unless you are showcasing the Fallacy Fallacy...