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I've occasionally thought similarly... like thinking that kobolds could be to dragonborn what goblins are to bugbears. Two species...

I agree with much of this. As somebody who does like those mechanical archetypes I like that link between setting/adventure and...

I mean, Ed Greenwood was always extremely supportive of people using other areas, and eager to provide more hooks for that...but you can...

Archetypes (or Kits, or Subclasses, or whatever) to me have always been mainly more specific narrative descriptors of a particular PC...

When I first picked up the 3E Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting two decades ago, I think I had a bit of a prejudice against the...

With 5.5e Adventures in the Forgotten Realms set to release in just a few months, I was thrilled to learn that the Dalelands will be one...

EN Publishing just finished a Kickstarter for a new A5e book explicitly dealing with those parts of the game. Pets & Sidekicks.

I have, it's great - my table of players/DMs does like the slightly chunkier character builds of 5e though. I think the ideal would be...

Nothing in the rules says you need light armor proficiency before you can have heavy armor proficiency. So a wizard can just wear it...

I don't think so. It's referring to the training in Heavy Armor that is usual for Chainmail or Medium Armor that is usual for a Chain...

Took over the setting with my coffee franchise Sandbucks.

There are three ways I explain the differences: 1. Good enough. NPCs like the assassin or tribal warrior look enough like a rogue or...

I don't mind at all that the game includes rules for aspects of D&D that might get ignored by 90% of the playerbase but be vitally...

Which is why I advocate that D&D needs to purge the weak from our ranks. To return it to it glory days when the strong played how they...

For me, this is like saying that a Barbarian and a Fighter are thematically similar enough, just reflavor your Champion crits as "oh I...