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D&D was sold to me as the ability to make my own characters, worlds, and stories in a way that allowed me to express my creative...

Almost a little too on the nose, considering the first chronological movie is A New Hope...

D&D is basically the buffet table of gaming. It's primarily a "fantasy" game, but it can be stretched to include just about any kind of...

While I understand the points you make.... what if the dominance of D&D is just because people like it and have fun? Checkers players...

I'm haven't tracked XP for a decade and I haven't missed it, except for the bonus XP I would get for bringing snacks to game.

3e was better at not penalizing bad rolls than AD&D. Bonuses start lower, ASI was built into character progression and stat boosting...

Yes, but but there is a fine line between using them for inspiration and being forced to roll for everything and being bound to the...

I mean, with all the fail safe rolling methods you might as well be using an array at that point. Rolling in my groups stopped being a...

Yeah, even back in the day, we'd roll 4d6 drop lowest multiple times until we got the character we wanted with scores that everyone just...

I'd say keep the damage-dealing cantrips, even letting them scale with level, but anything higher that directly deals damage can either...

I don't think any of these things we're teasing about are necessarily bad in certain contexts. But depending on the goal, not every game...

I didn't say that. I don't think balancing the potential power of fireball should be "...and sometimes you kill your friends instead"...

I don't have an issue if you want to play D&D like analog Diablo. I just don't want that the default assumption for character, world, or...

Why does everyone always think DMs drive Fiats? Its biased I tell yah... 😉

I also thought it was funny that they gave experience point bonuses to the PCs with the highest prime requisite scores, i.e., the...