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You're dismissing the very real sentiments expressed in the article as empty condemnation because you don't think the person writing it is contributing to actual change. Well I'm also complaining and so is Leslie Light. We've both contributed to possible solutions. The article is actually...

Before anyone came up with a solution to those complaints, they had to recognize that there was an issue worth resolving. If you think that existing D&D products are doing a good enough job when it comes to African fantasy or their handling of Chult, you're not ever going to bother coming up...

Sure. Let's ask those Americans of Norwegian heritage who have faced discrimination due to being associated with raging Vikings. And discuss media's refusal to portray medieval Norwegians as anything more than backwards savages incapable of handling culture. And discuss how pre-Christian...

And those names are more southern European than anything with surnames like Agosto, Astoria, Calabra, Domine, Falone, Marivaldi, Pisacar, and Ramondo.

1) Combat maneuvers mentioned in the DMG. 2) Spell Points from the DMG 3) No feats/multi-classing I don't tend to have issues forgetting about Inspiration as I'm a huge fan of similar mechanics in other games. Also, rather than just have them grant advantage on a d20 roll, I let...

Katashaka is at best a foot note that's described as a dark continent that is where Chultans and Tabaxi (and Thinguth) came from. Thinguth, likewise, are a footnote as they interbred into other groups after escaping slavery and their most renowned trait was running fast. Best to not reference...

That's because the US has a larger black population. Germany has its own issues when it comes to fictional portrayals of Jewish people in the US aren't nearly as touchy about.

I really don't see this happening. Probably because everyone knows that a consultant is just that - a consultant. They don't make the actual final decisions.

Tell that to Forgotten realms, as its only "black culture" in the form of Chult is indeed pretty monolithic compared to all the other human ethnicities.

Context is important here. Settings do amalgamate European myths, but amalgamating African myths isn't the issue here. we're not even talking a single instance here. We're not talking about settings where pretty much every culture referenced is reduced to a more generic/stereotypical form...

That sounds cool. I personally like Wisdom as an overall stat, as I'm of the belief that magic should be mystical and involve some kind of intuitive/enlightened view of reality. After that, whether your practice is more a case of learning the right formulas/rules/rituals or more a matter...

That feels very late to me. You're 1/3 to level 20, and most campaigns don't even make it that far. Seems a while to wait until you can really start busting out into marginal secondary roles in any class.

"It's all stereotypes" doesn't even begin to cover the vast difference in depictions. In those settings, there's no singular nation that represents Europe as a whole. There are nations that represent different parts of Europe, but they don't all get condensed down to one singular...

"Force of will" as in people with high Charisma have an easier time getting others to do things even if it's not in their best interests because they just can't resist. In this sense, Charisma is Wisdom as Strength is to Constitution. And Dexterity/Intelligence both represent flexibility...

I wish we lived in a world where wanting a region full of various cultures and rich mythology to have some of that variety and mythology represented in a fantasy game that makes a habit of tapping various cultures and mythologies for ideas wouldn't have to be a political or PC topic, but here we...

American media has been moving towards putting such stories in the Pacific for a while, as you can still have brown tribesmen in jungles, but the US's Pacific Islander population is small enough that you don't worry about offending them as much as you would people of African or Central/South...

I don't think D&D dropped the ball. I don't think it ever really tried to pick up the ball to begin with. I only know of a handful fantasy games that have produced pre-colonial sub-Saharan African analogues with anything approaching the breadth/depth that European/Asian settings usually get...

I see it more like most non-D&D RPGs that don't use a leveling system. You make your character that operates at a given scale/power level and largely stays at that scale/power level, with only marginal improvements by expending XP. That's mostly how it works in the Storyteller system, the...

I wasn't referring to you in this instance. The inciting comments were… I don’t think what I said is a disingenuous reconstruction of the above. In regards to getting back on track, I’ll have more to offer on the Fighter alternatives/simple caster front when my current project is done.

I'd be really interested in trying to run an e6 game in 5e. Thanks for the notes.