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I feel like the point has been missed, the point was not regarding the validity of rabbi preformed ceremonies or whether or not any christians would want one preformed. This is very likely my failing which I will attempt to remedy. Say generic clergyman of religion A chooses to only preform...

Again, this is a matter of preference which would further prove my point. As there are those who have their own interpretation on where god stands on who preforms their ceremony, so too are those who have their own interpretation on what god would consider a sin when it comes to sexual...

That is a matter of preference, not law. A ceremony preformed by a rabbi in accordance with the law would have the same effect as a ceremony preformed by a priest in accordance with the law. As a legally ordained minister and married person myself, I can attest that the actual religion plays...

There is nothing that says that the example rabbi did not know how to preform the christian ceremony or that he would have preformed it if he knew how, only that he did not choose to preform the ceremony because it was a christian wedding. Let us say that he knew how to (perhaps he was...

The issue is that some people would argue that forcing business owners to serve people of a different orientation than them is religious discrimination. After all, a wedding photographer may not be able to say that he will not photograph a black wedding, but a rabbi can say that he will not...

Wow I missed a lot since yesterday AND the discussion stayed relatively civil. I would like to preface the below wall with this: the matter of what is and what is not a choice is not something that can conclusively be stated. Choice is central to what it means to be human and how much of our...

Business owners typically do not operate as one entity (without being forced to by law) unless there is either a profit to be had by their collaboration or if it is a small enough community that they all know each other personally. Neither of those apply to the city in question. So it wouldn't...

This was a very interesting read this morning and I am glad that pretty much everyone was mature enough to handle the matter well. That said, I will admit that I am torn. I agree completely that members of the LGBT community should be considered a protected class, but at the same time I also...

To be fair, if my players cared only about xp, loot, and inspiration I would consider it an added perk of the session based advancement if it weeded those ones out ;). I like your idea though. I have been struggling with finding a system that awards players for cleverness without actually...

I have switched to using session based advancement and I love it. Before, my players killed everything first and asked questions later because even if I gave them xp for non-combat objectives they still didn't want to miss out on the xp. Now if they kill something they do so without the hope for...

Let me try a whack at your request - try using an altered form of Monk's Ki class feature. I did something that was pretty much the ranger class with the hunter archetype and Ki as a replacement for magic in my "magic is outlawed campaign". Instead of calling it Ki you could call it something...

The arguments that a product being offered for free makes no difference as far as it's effect on their sales, doesn't take into account the realities of modern table top gaming and piracy. Whether someone agrees with piracy or not, they at least need to take into account the realities of it and...

I am very saddened to see this. I did not use the tool myself (nor was I even aware about it) but for me it makes me wonder if they truly intend to release a usable OGL for 5th edition. Even a polite request for someone to take something down that in a few months would have been compliant seems...

I am not so sure about the community dying out. Oh I think it will die back, but there will be people playing it for decades after they stop supporting it. There are still people who play Basic and AD&D after all. But that doesn't mean that it will be good for the hobby. Beyond getting new...

If I had to plan the 10 year evolution of 5th edition I would go mostly with a lot of what was suggested by others. 1) No expansion of the core three books. The rules in the three core books are enough for any DM to fill in any gaps in his campaign. Another book filled with monsters wouldn't be...

I think what it comes down to is your players. If you even have one "power gamer" in your group you will almost certainly need to use point buy. The reason? Encounter difficulty. Designing encounters when one of the party members is more powerful than the other three combined and has three...

I am sorry to see WotC shrink their small staff, but to be truthful I would be ok if they never released another book in 5th edition as long as they did OGL. The way the three core books are set up with a OGL fan creations would support my needs entirely. I also think that we put too much on...