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This is a false equivalency. I was there for 2E into 3E into 4E into 5E. 4E was the only one the IP holder actively marketed against the...

Yes it's bad, if people in the line want to think for themselves and choose their own direction instead of just following the line's...

In the first of those, where she's fighting an Orc, though I know it's done for effect it's still a bit jarring that while she's...

Lately, I've been using ChatGTP to generate some art for my homebrew setting. Trying to get the look and feel of parts of my world. I've...

Definitely a style difference because as DM ( and my preference as a player) is to not concern myself with a story and how it plays out...

In a different type of game it's not about wanting your characters to look awesome in combat, it's about wanting to give your characters...

A while ago I posted an image of Valeria from a description of her in the REH story, Red Nails and since I've been reading a lot of the...

I don't really put much thought to it. Usually, the players want to push forward as long as they have resources to do so. When the PCs...

No, but it does make them the person who, on changing the line's direction of travel, everyone else is likely to follow.

Fair enough, though I think you're in the minority on that. :) Yes, it is a jaundiced view; because IME (both in-game and IRL)...

Given that the opposite of "leader" is "follower", I don't see it as anything but the obvious interpretation: leaders lead and followers...

In that case almost everyone's vote should be 5, then, as in pretty much every campaign there's sooner or later going to come a time or...

I always liked AD&D more than Basic, but then I started with AD&D so...

I think what @Lanefan is getting at, to continue the food analogy is the following. The initial party consists of clams, pork, onion...

As will that of all editions. Each edition and variant has something worthwhile to contribute to the whole; and over time the wheat...