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Ah, I didn't interpret that to apply to the on-the-fly Method Two, but now I see how one could; thanks for pointing that out...

I still don't see where it lays out an option for a Preserver Wizard to defile on-the-fly when casting, or what the consequences would...

No, that isn't describing a choice made when casting a spell, it's made when preparing spells for the day. The choice to defile at the...

No; it's the same tone. The baseline mechanics for Arcane spellcasting in every edition/revision of Dark Sun have been Preserving magic...

It's exactly the same as the original Dark Sun. You had to CHOOSE, when creating a character, whether to be a Defiler. The ONLY way to...

This has never been how defiling worked.

This was exactly the situation in the original Dark Sun boxed set: only members of the Defiler wizard subclass used defiling magic...

Fiend pact Warlocks are not necessarily in league woth the Devil, nor Grwat Old One Warlocks with Cthulu, they just have a connection...

I mean, that's somewhat consistent with the original box set. The default wizard was the preserver and the defiler was a wizard with a...

I'm more disappointed in the remake of Harry Potter, considering that there isn't enough time between the movies and the series to do...

Nope! The AD&D 2e version has elemental-themed specialty priests (earth, air, fire, and water), wizards, druids, rangers, templars, and...

The real issue with Spelljammer was the page count. Give it say 32 more pages and use that for ship-to-ship combat rules and sample...

Is it me or if equipped correctly and played in the right way the Gladiator subclass could be used as good Swashbuckler substitute?

Mad Max: Fury Road is "hopepunk" so that's not the chilling threat you seem to think: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopepunk#Examples...

Spelljammer wasn't destroyed, nor did it invert the expectations of the past setting. Ravenloft is not a joyous, happy filled fun zone...