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That...or really the exact inverse of that...is what I was getting at in my last post. It's not trying to copy the real world, it's...

That would be how I think of them, yes. They're designed mechanics to avoid even the appearance of "contrivance". From many years of...

I think the simulationist impulse is to NOT have the GM make a decision because they think it will be a more interesting challenge or...

Antagonistic players will always find a way...

D&D has not fully escape humanocentrism. It's not Gygaxian humanocentrism though. Humans don't dominate because of Human potential...

This... ...and this... ...only serve to tell me that the "Fantasy Combat" system being used is in serious need of repair.

The feat or no feat, though, is called out in 5e in the PHB. The breath weapon for Dragonborn on the other hand is listed as an...

There are layers. There is no reason why you could possibly not include all of these fantasy species and give the common folks some...

But again that becomes an excuse to never deal with the situation. You allow all these magical races available for PCs but nerf them...

It is. The point is it isn't a gentle decision. It has major setting ramifications. And many DMs might want the setting to make the...

And that's the issue. Because all PCs have it. But it's up to the setting to state the details for NOCs. And as species and classes...

4e gave them a pretty solid benefit, in that your second wind was a minor action rather than a standard. That opened up some significant...

i mean, it's not that i don't think an artificer couldn't do demiplane stuff, it's that they're just spontaneously bamfing them away in...

Well, they don't ...until they do. There's no rules for monsters. Everybody is just a 0-level NPC that the DM can bolt on whatever...