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No, I quite purposefully clarified that it is sometimes also called blind faith. Generally by those without that form of faith. A statement that is true, as the use of that term is one that is used to separate religious faith from generic faith, just like preceding "theory" with "scientific"...

Umm, yeah there is no such thing as settled science. No scientific theory is sacrosanct. New data can and does come around pull even the most established of scientific belief into question. That is a core aspect of science itself. Do people use the term "settled science"? Yes. You will often see...

Yes, there is. Dogma by definition requires incontrovertibility, hence why it is most often used discussing religious dogma specifically. It also applies to philosophical and political beliefs, quite often. You don't actually just get to toss out one of the defining aspects of a word so it suits...

There is a profound difference between being convinced of the truth of a statement based on the past intellectual pursuits of others, versus believing it to be incontrovertibly true due to an authority laying it out. One is dogmatic, the other is not. Words have meanings. You might as well be...

Also, nuance is entirely possibly even within Lawful alignments. That is where you get the arguments between two lawful types discussing philosophically whether the spirit or the letter of the law is more critical. Two very firm believers in strict laws can still argue an awful lot of nuance on...

That...is not what dogma means. Dogma is explicitly a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true. It doesn't merely mean any closely held belief, or even basis of a system of belief in the general sense. Both of the statements you just asserted are dogma...

Not only that, but the archetypal holy person is perceived as being wise, insightful, enlightened, and imbued with the understanding of divine workings, but not necessarily actually possessing any of those qualities. That the people have that perception of them can be as important as actually...

I agree with you entirely. Charisma makes a lot of sense for both Clerics and Warlocks. In fact, in many ways Warlocks are essentially arcane versions of Clerics. Both are building a rapport with, and/or serving a powerful being far beyond themselves, and trying to convince said being to further...

Birthright 7 Blackmoor 10 Jakandor 4 Lankhmar 9 Mystara 10

Birthright 11 Blackmoor 4 - It might be the first. Still dreadfully dull. Dragon Fist 7 Jakandor 11 Lankhmar 14 - I guess the other dark and twisted, sword and sorcery campaign gets my vote. Always was fond of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories. Mystara 13 Pelinore 13 Thunder Rift 9...

Birthright 17 Blackmoor 8 Council of Wyrms 1 Dark Sun 6 Dragon Fist 10 Ghostwalk 10 Jakandor 11 Lankhmar 15 Mystara 12 Nentir Vale 4 Pelinore 15 Ravenloft 5 Thunder Rift 12 Wilderlands of High Fantasy 10 Oh hey, midnight, guess it's a new day...

Yeah, the setting is amazing, but the AD&D ruleset didn't work for it terribly well. Well, they didn't design psionics to properly mesh, rather. I am in the middle of making my own ruleset for 5E psionics, and getting close to done at this point. I want psionics to be both different, but on par...

Birthright 16 Blackmoor 13 Dark Sun 11 Dragon Fist 10 Ghostwalk 10 Jakandor 14 Lankhmar 15 Mystara 15 Nentir Vale 7 Pelinore 14 Ravenloft 4 Thunder Rift 15 Wilderlands of High Fantasy 13

Not voting, just immediately fixing the last post to have the numbers correct. Birthright 19 Blackmoor 13 Council of Wyrms 13 Dark Sun 12 Dragon Fist 13 Ghostwalk 16 Jakandor 14 Lankhmar 20 Mahasarpa 5 Mystara 12 Nentir Vale 11 Pelinore 14 Planescape 13 Ravenloft 8 Thunder Rift 18 Wilderlands...

Birthright 18 - Get down here... Blackmoor 16 Council of Wyrms 13 Dark Sun 12 - ;) Dragon Fist 13 Ghostwalk 16 Jakandor 14 Lankhmar 20 Mahasarpa 5 Mystara 12 Nentir Vale 11 Pelinore 14 Planescape 13 Ravenloft 8 Thunder Rift 18 Wilderlands of High Fantasy 18

No voting, just correcting the last handful of posts to be properly consolidated... Birthright 20 Blackmoor 17 Council of Wyrms 14 Dark Sun 23 Dragon Fist 16 Ghostwalk 15 Jakandor 14 Lankhmar 20 Mahasarpa 11 Mystara 20 Nentir Vale 17 Pelinore 14 Planescape 18 Ravenloft 13 Spelljammer 13...

Birthright 20 Blackmoor 17 - Boring generic setting 2.0 >_> Council of Wyrms 17 Dark Sun 23 - Should be fairly obvious why. Dragon Fist 16 Ghostwalk 15 Jakandor 14 Lankhmar 19 Mahasarpa 11 Mystara 20 Nentir Vale 17 Pelinore 14 Planescape 21 Ravenloft 12 Spelljammer 13 Thunder Rift 18...

Birthright 19 Blackmoor 19 Council of Wyrms 17 Dark Sun 17 Dragon Fist 15 Eberron 11 Ghostwalk 15 Greyhawk 8 Jakandor 17 Kingdoms of Kalamar 8 Lankhmar 21 Mahasarpa 14 Mystara 20 Nentir Vale 17 Pelinore 14 Planescape 20 Ravenloft 13 Spelljammer 16 Thunder Rift 18 Wilderlands of High Fantasy 21

Oops, 2 more points need to be removed from Greyhawk, whoever does the next list. I only removed one point from it, not three, in my above post (#62). My bad.

For D&D, I think I prefer spell points overall, with 5e's method being a very close second. I always found the notion that you have to memorize spells ahead of time to be silly. If you know a spell, if you've studied it, you should be able to cast it anytime you want, provided you have the...