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You can still late pledge to the project. That way you can still get the Citadel of the Scarlet Minotaur hardcover for free if you buy...

That's what I've been doing- I'll have everyone roll and say "these are the arrays you can use to build your characters".

That's actually how we do it. Specifically, at the beginning of the campaign I call in my daughter and ask her to roll up a set of stats...

The social contract is binding for everyone. If you have a player who "has all the power" and takes advantage of it, then you don't play...

There is something that prevents it: player buy-in (with the GM being one of the players). Will the players accept the idea that it was...

This is entirely possible. I don’t take anecdotes as representative of anything general, and I know my players are inclined to get...

I’m just looking for someone to explain why that shouldn’t happen, to which no one seems to be able to give me an answer. The DM.

I've had this debate with people I play with for years. They insist point buy is the way to go, even though point buy for one class can...

You have to either stop thinking of it in those terms, or you have to do the work to make NPCs make sense. My brain doesn't allow for...

Ah the Gladiator. How often I've used them as an example. I'm amused that most of the time, when I do, people tend to dismiss me, but...

I believe that is the intent of D&D at it's founding and a fun playstyle for many of us. You can of course play differently.

This is a great reason to keep rolling for stats over point buy. There's no shrine for the latter at my table.

I think that just about everything in most games is too PC centric.

Quantity is also a quality. That is why I fight with two greatswords, each of which has the weight of four greatswords! -Uncle Joe

Well there you go. You're not denying the arguments of others so much as just stating your preference. That's excellent!