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I'll note that Star Trek, despite the "Forehead Aliens", really does imply several significant differences, and the games have tried to...

Right, because it's a narrative device. This is what some folks have a problem with.

But it kind of is using the same monster, just with 1 HP and higher AC, attack bonus and damage. I understand what they were trying to...

You start off really well. CR is inherently flawed because a monster is going to be easy against some groups of its CR and hard against...

And we're back to, "what does simulation mean"? I mean process and physics emulation, not simulation of genre or narrative conventions.

Are you kidding? We call those kinds of people bandits, Vikings, raiders, conquistadores, or some other word. If there's gold to be...

Speaking of which:

With a note that this is a d20 design issue. There are other chassis that can handle this much more cleanly.

I mean that is just due the bizarre idea that every character needs to be equally good in combat. Bunnies are way better at hiding than...

But the issue is that those CR 20 ogre minions (or whatever CR they are) still have sky high AC, attack bonus and damage. Far, far more...

Except it is one singular creature in the fiction. Why would it not have the same stat block? I don't care if you don't want to use a...

honestly the idea of your species working as an entire second progression parallel to your class does appeal, like a gestalt build where...

i think you're taking the metaphor just a touch too literal, you're not going to be putting a bunny in with a rottweiler, but these are...

IMO. They all run into issues. Many of which are gameplay issues. But yes theoretically you can use another. I’m not theoretically as...

I'm not suggesting those things are equivalent. Personally, I'm perfectly happy with the "fighters can just wade through lava" position...