Recent content by UnknownDyson

The dollar is being devalued and is on pace to cease being the world's reserve currency.

It's naked market manipulation. I can say this with certainty, the US economy entering another great depression will certainly effect the price of RPG books, if anyone at all is still interested in purchasing them at a time when they need to make a choice between food, shelter, and entertainment.

I'll be the one to say it, I hate the new art. Previous design was not only iconic but peak.

There are certainly some good things about the new MM, but yeah...strong disagree.

Agree or disagree, it's internally inconsistent.

In the actual MM? None

I understand that sentiment but Aracockra and Lizardfolk (player character races) are both included, but for some reason changed to be elementals

Which part? Trying to have a good faith discussion, so I'd love to correct this.

Hello Folks, I was just looking over the new MM (2024) and I observed that the Orc and Drow entries were removed from the book and replaced with generic NPC templates. Was this really a good idea? I understand that they are trying to move away from dehumanizing (depersoning might be better...

Same

Putting the ProJared scandal aside. If I am to engage with the substance of what he is saying here, I personally do believe that the game has shifted to become way more player centric in his absence. I do not believe we would have seen the 2024 rules in their current state if Mearls worked on them.

Agreed. Can't respect it at all. This is in line with the npc spellcasters that have damaging abilities that are not spells for NPCs only. It always detracts from the fantasy when the source material doesn't follow its own rules

It's one of those things where circular logic ends up creating a suboptimal experience. We know that early level adventures are more popular because of accessibility but higher level content can't get get it's due if it doesn't exist. There has been a player bias in content development that has...

There is no way that is true. Edit: Waterdeep's population was over a million in 3rd edition. So yeah...definitely not true.

On a reaction that requires only a verbal component, you can force disadvantage onto an enemy and grant an ally advantage. This first-level spell allows you to hinder an enemy and aid an ally at the same time for a very low cost. And it isn't limited to an attack you can do this for an ability...