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Are you suggesting spells should work like skills? Like, fireball shouldn't be a thing just a general "fire magic" skill?

:hmm: Domain cards aren't taking the place of skills, they are modeling feats and spells, things that often need reminders.

I feel like you’re tilting at windmills here, since you keep referencing things that aren’t actually part of DH’s design. @Vael ‘s post...

I haven't seen it either, though even Daggerheart doesn't do that. Daggerheart cards are for the spell equivalents (mostly class...

re metagaming dragon colors: 1. These color-associations are spelled out on the Player's Handbook in the description for dragonborn 2...

There's a marked tendency in games for things originally presented as in-setting rumors/speculation/legends to ascend to setting canon...

I cannot speak to what the designers themselves intended, at least for most editions. But I can say, at least for me, I prefer it when...

As far as so-called meta-gaming monster knowledge goes I follow these simple steps: 1. Assume good faith from players (and probably...

In some of my groups we've made a general practice of more experienced players usually playing older/or more knowledgeable characters...

Thing is, the characters live in that world. They should know things about it. Using trolls in the Forgotten Realms as an example, the...

...Are we seriously saying that using fire on a troll is metagame knowledge in 2025? D&D Video Games insulted you for not knowing that...

AD&D 1.2e, Avalon campaign: "You're gifted amateurs. Continue blundering."

And yet dragonborn consistently held the number 4 spot on the “most popular race” surveys.

re: gnomes: A small (natch) but persistent minority of players love to play Little Guys, and while halflings are the obvious choice...

I'm not a big fan of alignment specifically, but I think an evocative shorthand that players can latch onto is a good thing, and for the...