Recent content by Charlaquin

Then all language is artificial by that definition

Yes and no. I’d like if there was a bit more mechanical distinction that wasn’t just drawbacks, but through most of the game’s history Small size mechanical distinctions have mostly been negative, with only a few positives. It has generally felt unbalanced in favor of Medium, so I’m ok with it...

As one might have guessed based on my title, I freaking love goblins. I love funny little guys in general, really, but goblins are my favorite variety of funny little guy. From the list in the OP, halflings are probably my second-favorite, followed by kobolds, then gnomes, and autognomes would...

Singular they and them isn’t even a younger generation thing, unless you’re over 700 years old. People objecting to the singular they and them is an extremely new development.

English has had they and them as singular personal pronouns since the 14th century, and most English speakers use the singular they and them in casual conversation all the time without even thinking about it.

I’m not policing your speech, I’m letting you know that a term you’ve used is a dogwhistle, assuming you didn’t know it was a dogwhistle, because most people people not knowing them is how dogwhistles work. Now you know, do with that information as you please.

Having rules to describe how being drunk affected our characters sure did seem more important before we were ourselves legally allowed to drink.

Huh? What genre wires are being mixed? D&D is fantasy. Romance and fantasy are a combination proven to sell incredibly well. WotC wants some of that BookTok money. What mixture? This seems to entirely fit within an extremely marketable lane.

I’m not calling you a bigot, I’m informing you that the language you’re using is actively used by bigots to covertly signal their ideological allegiance to each other. If you do so unintentionally, you’re liable to inadvertently welcome bigots into your social sphere while pushing the targets of...

This was one of the major problems with the surveys. Early on people would be thoughtful, critical, and honest in their feedback. Then, WotC scraps anything that didn’t get at least decent reception right off the bat, because the designers are on a deadline, and as @mearls has shared, past...

I mean, I wouldn’t call “cozy” an accusation. Cozy media has its place. Also, heads up, it’s generally more appropriate to write “trans women” as two words. I’m sure you didn’t intended it this way, but transwomen as a compound word is a lesser-known TERF dogwhistle.

Charisma saves are used to resist possession or otherwise having your personality supplanted (which is different than mind control, because reasons), and to resist forced teleportation or planar shifting. Not sure why they decided those things would be saved against with Charisma, but it is...

Just because they’re new doesn’t mean they aren’t above average in terms of optimization skill.

Unfortunately, society will find any excuse to put women in drawers and harass us. If it wasn’t this it’d be something else.

As with a lot of things, there’s a healthy balance. All body systems grow weak if they aren’t regularly stressed, and also constant stress is bad for all body systems. We need a mix of periods of stress and periods of rest to maintain optimal functionality. Which I’m sure you’re well aware of, I...