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I’d push back a little on this idea that defiling was written as consequences-free. The problem was that mechanically the consequences...

That was the whole point of Warhammer, 40 years ago. Now the whole point of Warhammer is, “Miniature wargaming figures and paints are...

What's happening right now is impossible to support, which is why most major carriers and nations are cancelling shipping to the US

I mean, it's an official WotC D&D book. An awful lot of people will defend whatever they do, no matter how bad. So far we've no bottom...

It mostly did, because defilers had a much faster XP table than preservers (who used the normal wizard one). However, due to the way the...

No. The important aspect of the fiction is GONE. The fiction is: Divine and Nature Magic do not harm the world. Arcane Magic harms the...

I admit, a TON of it was set up in 2e, but if I had to bet, hmm some of the art however and now you have me second guessing lol

I get it. It happened to me already with 40K, all the way back in 1998! I started playing GW games in about 1988, Adeptus Titanicus...

I played a Preserver who Defiled... and never forgave themself for it. Great bit of character story, there, where they defiled in order...

So... here's my considered take: Preserver Druids are likely going to represent the entirety of the Preservers. No more difficult...

It's just the recycled Hunger of Hadar illustration from the PHB. They aren't going to commission new artwork for a simple UA.

Was there a question or are we all going Thunderdome here?

If you don't want the "safe" job of the military or the gladiator pits, what are you going to do, be a freelance adventurer?

One of the things I think works in Dark Sun's favor in 2026 is that there are new exploitations of the masses that weren't even imagined...

Wow. It's an interesting theory, I will grant, but it hardly seems like the "main theme" to me, but more like "interpretive subtext"...