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Something something rules can't prevent a bad player/DM....

And I would argue that the ruleset has nothing to do with preventing bad players from derailing a game. That sort of behavior and...

Just something I saw over at DeviantArt - not my work

There is a region in my D&D setting inspired by the pre-Columbian Andean cultures, so over the last year I've collected several images I...

I prefer that we be a magocracy of internet wizards.

The public portion is not a balance playtest, it is a vibe check. It is not marketing so much as marketing research, to determine what...

Ah I was only spesking about 5e playtedt. 5.5 I would not even consider playteat because as you said 2 weeks is just a vibe check...

Reason I was curious is that I'm suspicious of any survey where the very first question is my age. As if that matters to anything.

They literally changed the whole encounter building in 5e after the last playtest without testing into the absolute broken state 5e had...

You can also tell that it's just a marketing ploy by the amount of "playtest" time they give. The questionnaire comes out like a week...

There are a number of rules and decisions in 5.5e that as written leave me underwhelmed by the ability of said "professionals." The...

Yep. There's a reason Designed by Committee exists as a negative term.

I disagree. The D&D audience is deeply fractured and most have a Dunning-Krueger like view of their own abilities. Outsourcing ANY...

Yeah. There was a niche tangent, though, and that's what this particular discussion was addressing.

It is a thread about power creep, though. Power level absolutely is part of the issue at hand. Niche protection doesn't do anything with...