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I think it is useful for "one size fits all" one-dimensional NPCs. Every game needs multitudes of these types of characters. And could be generally useful as a one term description. But it is when we go deeper into "personality" that the system fails. I don't think it was ever meant to...

I would argue that following the law is a component of being Lawful though. Just a component. Again, there is rarely a one size fits all for complex characters that are beyond one dimensional.

Your post brings to my mind the Zerothnlaw of Robotics :)😎

Would Robert Duvall from Godfather be LE? He pays off government bureaucrats and obviously breaks the law. It could be argued though that he is personally very disciplined and loyal to his organization and therefore "lawful". But he also cheats on his wife and breaks many public laws. I...

A LE inquisitor of a good church could very well exist. It could be argued that person would not be granted clerical powers like spell casting. I would maintain that a Good cleric PC of a Good deity would have to basically adhere to being "good" - and not a jerk.

I find it useful for the religious type of characters. It's definitely not a one size fits all type of thing. They could replace it with something else but it is useful to save space. With hundreds of monsters, npcs, etc. - a detailed description of culture and ethos for everyone would be...

I just remembered that the original Corellon Larethian was non-binary (created by Jim Ward). This was back in 1980 or so? Just though those who didn't know might find it interesting 😃

What do you think they even mean "we created this business"? I thought it was Gary and Don Kaye.

So u hate Asians? I don't understand this. Or Asians are deserving of hate? As an Asian, I feel like I'm just getting trolled here...

It's more about not liking something about the game and then insisting that the game be changed for everyone to fit your taste. Not just changing your game to your taste.

Permanent level loss?!? Jk. That was the way it was in older editions. It was horrible but it admittedly made them "horror".

I'm not going back and doing that. Plenty of people said they should be in the Monster Manual instead of Players Handbook. If that's not good enough. Then I'm a liar and report me.

Well then our gaming circles must differ wildly. Virtually everybody I know has at least some conception of what a hobbit is. LOTR is one of the most popular books and movies of all time. Heck my daughter wanted to be a girl hobbit when I tried a gaming session at home (it failed miserably😂)...

No way they ever get rid of halflings even with no lore changes. Sorry it would be just a horribly misguided business decision. Imagine not being able to be "Bilbo" in a fantasy role playing game? The average customer base would be like "wtf?!". The preeminent fantasy rpg not being able...

No. I dunno about others. Personally, I just think it's silly to suggest that halfling get errata'ed out of the Players Handbook. Dunno if it was you who wanted that. But others here suggested it. Like they want to ruin the fun for others. Opinions are fine. They can get silly when they...

Nothing wrong with that. I thought the thread was about errata'ing them out the Players Handbook. You know that you can use whatever lore you want to in your own campaigns.

So those who like halflings (or pineapples)...are they objectively "wrong"? Is this basically what this convo is about? Another thing. DnD is made to appeal to a general audience. We are not the general audience. They don't critically disect the lore or do white room DPR analysis and raise...

Oh. It was the pizza anology thing! I never actually make my own pizza either. Basically meant that no oneis forced to buy, bake Hawaiian pizzas (ie. forced to play, allow certain DnD races)

Some ppl hate Hawaiian pizza so much they want to prevent others from eating it (or at least having to wait a year or more for a splat book to come along). No one really buys pizza anyways. We all make our own and can choose not to make Hawaiian pizza in our own kitchens if we don't want to...