Recent content by Simpletense

My step-brother is called Geoff, so I could never take it seriously.

According to VGI, 14 million copies sold on Steam with revenue at $667.3m. When you add PlayStation, XBox, and GoG sales to that it might not be far off.

Interesting. My copy (from my FLGS) was delivered this week alongside a deck of replacement cards. As you say, the ones in the box have paper bands and the replacements are shrink wrapped. Neither set seem to be warped as far as I can tell.

See also, most of Europe, Africa, South America, South Asia, Australia ...

Not quite, heavy melee weapons require 13 Str, heavy ranged weapons require 13 Dex "You have Disadvantage on your attack rolls with a Heavy weapon if it’s a melee weapon and your Strength score isn’t at least 13 and if it’s a ranged weapon and your Dexterity score isn’t at least 13."

Got mine yesterday. Interesting that the last question wanted to know if I'd played BG3

Except, to extend the analogy, it's not a single party, but a commitment to the same restricted playlist at every single party with these friends for the next few weeks, months, or potentially years. All of which might be fine if you are fortunate enough to have other dubstep-amenable friends...

It does seem like the former slaves thing is new for 5e, and isn't mentioned in either the 2e Monstrous Compendium or 3e Stormwrack. That's bad enough, but when combined with the personality elements from those earlier sources, specifically the fawning over elves who don't respect them and...

Looks like the personality stuff is from the forgotten realms wiki and taken from 3rd Ed Stormwrack, not the new Spelljammer

I'm not sure if I'm reading this correctly but can the grappled creature not just attack the grappler with an unarmed strike (no disadvantage), and on a success choose to shove rather than deal damage, thereby moving the grappler 5ft and (assuming standard reach etc) breaking the grapple by...

Presumably so players who want to play as a race not in the playtest document can play alongside those who do?

For what it's worth, the FAQ on Beyond attempts to clarify what they mean by backwards compatible and does seem to emphasise published adventures but I appreciate the phrase "make it even better" isn't going to sit well with a lot of people.

To me, what you're describing here is "fully compatible" rather than backwards compatible. Backwards compatible, as I understand it, means that earlier content can be played used the later system with minimal issues but, critically, not the reverse. For example, a PS5 is backwards compatible...

Current EMEA release is still 13th Sept. as far as I'm aware