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I think a major challenge is when we encounter situations where the rules themselves can be described as "unfair". Then we get into a...

For players to roleplay a Dragon pet, in a fashion consistent with what people understand a dragon to be, it needs to be powerful. I...

My theoretical preference is for the PC and NPC rules to work similarly ar at least very closely so. I however understand that this is...

I thought the presumption was that all of the racial information in the 5E PHB was only supposed to describe PCs of each race—who are...

The carrying capacity rules support that they are. Small vs. Medium explicitly doesn't matter for carrying or dragging/lifting/pushing...

So you're looking at this issue entirely from your personal table's perspective? Fair enough.

My thought is more that the drift in reference frame can cause a disconnect at the table. As @Micah Sweet says, 5e24 doesn't tell us...

I think you do, especially because these species no longer appear in the MM. Where is general information about them supposed to go if...

Agreed

I have been uncomfortable how D&D has portrayed some species for decades. Literally having evil versions of species you can recognise by...

If I draw the implications correctly, then I think you are right in saying we should be critical of treating everything not ruled out by...

And, frankly, again, there's a million ways to bias an encounter. Just off the top of my head: Do monsters "focus fire" - each...

Cool. Then you can buy your character a horse and roleplay that it is a dragon.

I think people need to accept outside of epic level games a dragon alongside a character will never fit the power level. You will only...

But an encounter can be unfair to the players, due to bad design. Me changing it on the fly could make it fair to the players.