Recent content by Warpiglet-7

First of all these games are games. The differences between groups of humans in real life are not as large as those between fantasy races. The point in tying ability bonuses and even behavioral tendencies to a fantasy race was just about differentiating and creating approaches to play. Races...

I don’t think that or a ceiling are a bad idea.

I know you like hockey. It’s ok. But you are really not playing a good game unless you are using a volleyball and a net. Why won’t you just string a net across the ice in the neutral zone. See, you should be able to score with the volleyball and the puck. You are unnecessarily limiting...

I think it’s a false dichotomy. A half orc that stands up after being knocked down AND is stronger expresses the concept more and not less effectively. The addition of modifiers should not be the only thing but surely don’t take away from the other features. As to optimization, it’s a delay...

I remember playing as a teen and telling the DM my dwarf undid enough gear to urinate on the dais of the big bad. I have just never felt as constrained as some people here. We just play and see what happens. Granted, after tell the dm our party goes north to pillage to fallen temple we don’t...

I don’t think anything in my description is arbitrary any more than squares on a checkerboard after it is designed. Surely the DM plans some playing fields in traditional gaming. The players don’t know what is out there but to the extent that is reasonable, there is an out there. There are...

I just want to ask: “but you have fun playing, right?” I know debating can be fun…but sometimes you come away from these discussions and wonder. There is so much variability out there to be found…it’s about goodness of fit. The discussion about DM authority and stances and all of it misses...

I have had one very bizarre experience that I cannot explain. At the time I was terrified but generally have looked for natural explanations including things related to air temperature, wind and the like. Natural events could explain what I saw but the events in isolation seemed improbable...

Brussels sprouts rule. We roast them with hazelnut oil garlic and some red wine vinegar. Most holidays. I had them boiled. Once. Never again :)

Safety first so no grilling wienies

Home sick from work. Food does not appeal as much as usual… But now I want some home style fries…plenty of seasoning and some ketchup. Damn it

A sandbox is not as you totally improv. We did play some fun murderhobo AD&D. My evil barbarian pretty much begged for the wid open campaign map as we ran from consequences. I think something like lost city is so cool, even for 5e. Factions are living there and what we do choose shapes a...

Certainly glad folks were able to influence that outcome. No game is perfect, but my friends and I have sure gotten a lot of mileage out of 2014 5e. Thus far it looks like we will stay with it for the foreseeable future barring some release that we do not anticipate.

We have some in long term groups (close friends) who love to play but are simply not as rules savvy, forum savvy or DIY savvy. They love to RP and roll d20s, sometimes with prompting. My pop point—-is that I also have that experience. The others of us are rules Teachers, game buyers...

If people did not talk about their unverified theories, what would a forum do? I have been reading about 2024 here and elsewhere for a long time. My brother joined a new group and found they are playing the 2024 version. He grabbed a PHB and I got to peruse it. For established players, I...