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Yes! There were some interesting areas that had heavy splits, usually around randomness. There is definitely a segment of TTRPGers who...

There's a maxim of game design I have learned the hard way over the years: Good ideas and bad ideas only sort themselves out after a...

Still specialities ended up being consumed by feats. I am really sad, that specialities did not make it through the playtest.

You've nailed how I've felt about it and put it into words, thanks! I'd have taken no issue with "needed more work". I certainly...

I think calling design "lazy" is a fairly lazy criticism. The critic is looking at something they thought needed more time and work than...

The game is not all about damage. But batllesmith and artillerist are quite competitive in the damage department. The armorer is...

Specialities had 2 iterations. Maybe 3. And they were transformed to feats. I am glad proficiency bonus does not start at 1. Actually...

I think in the case of Warlock it is because the first try was overwhelmingly negative, similar to making every mechanic a spell with...

I agree with many things of this post. I however think that designers are allowed to have favourite things and are allowed to try and...

We--and I very specifically mean "I" as part of that we--certainly should give the designers more grace than we--I--do. Conversely...

I don’t think there is any place for the use of the word “lazy” as a critique. The people who create these games, like the rest of us...

all sports and games require referees to make rulings. There is no such thing as an infallible set of rules that requires no judgment...

Just out of curiosity, what spells would you suggest that an Alchemist and Cartographer put into the SSI? Battlesmith gets Conjure...

In situations where the wording is unclear - which is always going to occur, because English is an unclear language - then you have to...

You literally claimed you dont see where its coming from. If you just read forge of the Artificer its not immediately obvious that is...