Recent content by payn

Bard, Barbarian, and sorcerer were PHB1 for 3E and fan favorites. They were not niche. I get why they saved them for book 2 so it would actually sell but I didn’t appreciate it. Yeah agree with this. I don’t care about the warlord but it should exist in 5E.

Yet, once more, my city, my home, must weep

More folks are playing then ever before so probably all of those answers have increased percentages. My gut says in the past it was probably an 85% play D&D with a healthy amount just stopping after college. Today I’m guessing it’s more like 75% D&D with more folks sticking with it since online...

I don’t think it’s a bad thing that 5E does a lot of things ok as opposed to doing one thing well. It’s the entry and folks get to taste a lot of styles before deciding it’s enough or they need to move on to more specific.

Nor should they. Alternatives are good!

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 previous editions. The fan chatter always does, I'll give you that. Though we are talking about WotC itself deciding to sell the game by actively nay saying...

Not Clever, but I am also not a fan of DoaM. I am ok with spells as they are a limited resource and work in an asymmetrical way to melee combat. I like the templates too, never really had an issue in 3E. It was the math, always the math. Something like B.A. in 3E would solve so much. I am...

Bingo. Everyone is more or less spinning wheels and nothing major will happen until the final episode where too much will need to happen. It’s the Amazon Prime template and it’s ruined nearly every show they get their hands on.

They later dropped the Oracle (close to cleric) and the Witch (close to Bard).

Well, in a certain context that is true, but its not the context used in 4E.

I just started Steal which dropped on Prime. The pilot was really good.

As some one that didn't like the roles becoming so distinctly built into the tactics of the game, this is a literal interpretation that is strange to me.

At this point Leto is pretty much the heel of Hollywood. Nearly every trailer has that moment and its hilarious. "Hmm, a new trailer... oh this looks good....Wait...wait whats that music?...No, it cant be.... Is it really true!?" At some point the music in the trailer stops and plays Leto's...

Needs more skeletor.

Train Dreams recently and its a must see. Full of ambiance and reflection a movie that will make you feel which is oh so very rare these days. Its a crime that Edgerton didn't even get nominated for an Oscar.