Recent content by Charlaquin

So, no specific objections to describing the society of the radiant citadel as a social democracy after all then?

I’m pretty sure the ways in which the setting presented in Radiant Citadel “goes further” than social democracy is topical and appropriate for public discussion. I’m not asking for your real-life political opinions, I’m asking what specifically about the fictional society presented in the book...

Something along these lines. • Human • Dwarf - Hill - Mountain - Deep • Elf - High - Wood - Deep • Halfling • Gnome - Forest - Rock - Deep • Orc • Goblinoid - Puca (or whatever, I just needed a name for your basic goblin) - Hob - Bugbear • Dragonborn • Goliath • Kobold • Planetouched - Fiendish...

In what way?

That, and, you know, it is said to be ethnically diverse, to have a cooperative and egalitarian society, a public, transparent, participatory government, and a universal basic income, as well as accessible healing priced according to one’s needs. In other words, it’s a social democracy. That is...

“a dozen” archmages, 20 mages, and an unspecified number of veterans, though that’s explicitly not a standing army; that’s just the stats they recommend to represent the fact that the place attracts an unusually high number of magic users and other adventurers for a settlement of its size, who...

People call the radiant citadel a utopia, but I don’t think that’s really supported by the text…? Its society is fairly egalitarian, but it’s not like it’s free of internal tension or external threat. It is very explicitly not post-scarcity. I feel like usually when it’s being described as a...

Just putting this out there: there is a certain school of thought that says you can’t know if you like a piece of media unless you’ve consumed it in its entirety, and I am very much not in agreement with that school of thought. If you read reviews of a D&D book, or skimmed a few pages of a...

The image isn’t showing up for me, but I’m pretty sure I know exactly what it is anyway 😆

I’m not making any attempt to represent Nordic cultures

Why are you asking me?

The Christian Bale version specifically learned his techniques from Liam Neeson’s Ra's Al Ghul (the world’s most Irish ninja). So, my first thought would be a Way of Shadows monk. Fighting unarmed also works well, since Bale’s Batman consistently keeps to the no guns rule, which I could see...

Thats fair. Delicious in Dungeon is very lighthearted (it has dark elements, especially in the back half, but the tone is overall pretty light for the majority of the runtime), and the focus on cooking isn’t going to appeal to everyone. But I adored it, as one might guess from my avatar. Started...

I have mixed feelings about Nimble Escape. I love it on the monster stat block, and I like when the monster stat block and the PC abilities are at least broadly similar. I also like that it imparts a bit of roguish gameplay to any class a goblin PC might be. But, I dislike that it’s redundant...

Discussing cultural sensitivity is very relevant. Discussing your personal spiritual beliefs is not. If you have a problem with the depiction of elves because you believe they’re real and you’re descended from them… that’s not really something I can argue about, but it seems incredibly...