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Constructed languages are languages like Esperanto, that were intentionally designed rather than evolved through use.

I was just curious about why Paul thought these particular words specifically were "artificial", seeing how gendered pronouns go back to prehistoric time before there was any kind of constructed language. His reply was quite interesting, and I kinda agree with his perspective. Anyway, I just...

So why did you call out gendered pronouns specifically for being artificial, when all language is?

I don't think there's anything "artificial" about gendered pronouns, they most likely evolved as "naturally" as any other language constructs.

The one time I remember that drunkenness mattered in 5e was when a PC was deliberately trying to get some troublesome NPCs drunk. We resolved it by having the drinkers roll CON saves vs Poison. One failed save and you get the Poisoned condition, two failures and you fall asleep. (The PC won, he...

Interesting. Why do you think so?

What makes Defiling evil/unethical in Dark Sun is there is so little life left on Athas in the first place. Every time a Defiler casts a spell it undermines the world's capacity to support life and civilization. On a more typical D&D world with abundant nature the ecosystem would be strong...

From what I remember of 2nd ed. Dark Sun, Preservers played mechanically exactly like the PHB Mage, while Defilers had significantly faster level progression. 5e doesn't do separate XP tables for classes. A suitable bonus for Defilers in 5e could perhaps be that casting by Defiling has a...

There are no rules at all for exactly where on their native plane a banished creature ends up, so if it matters the DM will have to decide. We do know that only creatures banished from their native plane to a pocket dimension are incapacitated, so creatures banished to their native plane can...

Just a heads up folks: The final season of Stranger Things contains spoilers for Ravenloft.

You could design a DM screen with a slot facing the players, that goes into to a chute that ends in a tray on the DM side. So when the situation calls for a secret roll, the player puts their most trusted dice in the slot and hopes for the best, while only the DM sees the result.

Regarding starting gear, a 5th level PC will be perfectly fine with nothing more than the 1st level starting equipment. Fancy equipment is more fun when it's earned, and 5e characters don't need anything more than that to do their job effectively.

It's a wink to the fans. The people who notice the references feel good about being knowledgeable in the Lore, and produce multi-page threads across the internet discussing them. To the people who don't notice the references, Curse of Strahd™ probably doesn't mean anything in the first place...

I borrowed a few books from there quite a while ago, but then it became lost so I haven't been able to return the books. Now I'm concerned about the late fees, I hope the library stays lost...

This sounds like a cool method for leveling in a performance game, but I think 95% of real players are going to decide that the appropriate narrative moment to level up is immediately, during breakfast. (The remaining 5% will forget that they are eligible to level up until the other players...