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I don’t think it’s trivial at all. One of the major changes of 2024 was to make monsters more powerful because a lot of people were...

I've only every seen Ball Lightning once in my life, during a storm that spawned several tornadoes. Freaky isn't the half of it.

I got to watch one of those go through a screen door, hit the wooden door down the hall, and blow up. Like you say, the damnedest thing.

Yeah, assuming I didn't forget an update that mentioned increased costs due to shortages/tariffs/etc that's my guess. It's part of the...

Often people just don't end up having a clear idea on physical production costs and cycles when they do those. Its a common problem.

I think you’re right on the money. If we’re talking about pure combat balance, 2024 5e has reached a pretty good spot. Casters, for the...

My assumption is that the final word isn't for the blockee's benefit, it's for everyone else following along. See this sick burn? And...

This absolutely can be a thing with Big Linear Die roll systems like ones using D20 and D100 resolution. It can be even more pronounced...

To be fair, no one is really trying. I think it's still very possible to back engineer a set of design principles that make characters...

That seems chronic in Los Angeles at least these days.

Most common here is when you want to move to the passing lane and some left lane bandit doesn't want you to screw up their infinite...

Sometimes you can drop back instead, but I've even had people I swear were hostile to that too (at the very least it sure seemed like...

Get that all the time, usually from someone who crosses a solid line to preempt my move. Main character syndrome. I bet the same people...

My personal take is that some people are simply histile to letting anyone merge in front of them. Doesn't matter when or what the...