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The classic tale raising this moral point is The Lady And The Tiger. Randomness so employed is perfectly fair in the most narrow and stupid sense possible. When we consider that the king has a duty to provide justice and the test is supposed to be an exercise in accomplishing as much, the...

That is true. And the other side of the coin is logic alone will not get you to die rolling being fair. Nor does the fact that we might agree that a die roll in one context is "close enough to fair for our purposes" (e.g. a Saving Throw), does not logically imply anything about dice rolling in...

Totally. Do not even leave fresh kills around, because someone might animate them. Collect the heads and dispose of them. As for statues, why even play this game? The PCs should bring adamantine tools and obliterate any cultural artifacts they cannot sell.

When I say "campaign" I really mean "long campaign". Some lumpiness in rewards are expected in every campaign. Some modules are too small a piece of the campaign puzzle to have any reasonable expectation of non-lumpiness -- that is for the DM and players to worry over in the long haul IMO. As...

That is an interesting point. An elemental could have a transcendent spiritual aim where pieces of the puzzles of concrete magical artifacts. Perhaps this fire elemental is an Alchemist who seeks the secret of the Philosopher's Stone? Perhaps the fire elemental seeks the legendary fifth...

For very short campaigns, I find the advantages of rolling are greater and disadvantages are much less important. For long campaigns I strongly prefer point buy. Based on previous discussions on this topic, my perspective here is quite common among experienced players. Note that I am not...

My personal opinion is that "Normal Darkvision" should be LESS effective than wandering around with a candle. Therefore, I would houserule: * It is fine for going through familiar terrain or very slowly through unfamiliar terrain, sufficient that you do not simply fall down into holes or other...

The swings of certain kinds of fortune are more rectifiable than others. The analogy has often been made in this thread that stats are "just like" magic items, in terms of the swings of fortune. But it is not really within the realm of normal for one PC to have a +3 sword while everyone else...

I am not sure most players would agree that it is actually more "fair and balanced" than other less extreme and more flexible alternatives FWIW. But as a though experiment, it might have value. How about a truly flat array such as straight 14s?

You seem to be completely misunderstanding something very important. "Cookie cutter PCs" means different things to different people. To me, it means that even characters that are quite similar at the outset can reasonably progress along different interesting paths. Stats are not the primary...

If a +1 or +2 mechanical difference does not matter, as some are vehemently arguing, then there is no reason for two Fighters to look similar. You have plenty of room to make that android a real boy, you just need to choose to make the effort.

The DM's call was reasonable, but I agree with iserith's point. A casual Player making a reasonable effort to gather information about a suspect room, where s/he was looking for "unnatural" effects, would do exactly as described by the OP. To say that the gargoyle is a naturally elemental...

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The Cloak can be used by anyone. Does the party really need to have a PC load up with both ranged items and melee items? He is trying to cover multiple bases. Is that really the selfless thing to do for the good of the party, or is he stretched too thin and now is whining about how the party...

I would bet that most DMs would say "no", because based on an interpretation of implied intent that "magical weapons" are things that have a +1 or better bonus to hit. Now, I personally think that a +0 magical weapon is perfectly logical thing to exist, even more so with 5e flat math. D&D has...

Fan are often passionate. From the designer/writer's personal point of view one single ugly and drawn out discussion that goes badly more than overwhelms 100 positive interactions. Designer/writers keeping some personal distance from fans has been the norm in this industry from way back (and...

A) Begin moving B) Spend die C) Dance past Guard1, who misses D) Close and make attack against Target1, killing target E) Move towards another soft target, Target2, past Guard2 F) Guard2 attacks Do I get my enhanced AC against the Guard2? I am unaware of any rule that says I "stop moving" when...

At first I was annoyed by this, but after pondering the issue, I would say this is playing to the 5e philosophy that you should not always be required to think to hard to be competent. Realistically, assuming a balanced party, you will burn almost all your spell slots on Smite, except for the...

I think you are on the right track here. If you cannot bring an attractive business model to the project, it makes it all the harder to find the right partner. I am still stuck on what the heck the business plan would look like. "We would be lucky to sell 50,000 of these for $25. And we need...

But times change and it is not 1979. There is a vastly larger and broader array of entertainment at our fingertips. Many 9-year-olds have supercomputers (iPads) and can buy good games on budgets that fit well within typical allowances. I do not think youngsters are playing RPGs as much as we...