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This all depends on where you fall within the roleplaying game versus tactical board game continuum. It sounds like folks at your table are skewed heavily towards the latter. People at my own table are much more interested in telling a story than in fighting monsters with "super cool" abilities.

Thanks for posting this. It's the most useful thread I've encountered on these boards in a long time, and I would love to see more threads like it.

So your contention is basically that, if you have a bunch of problems, and you can't address all of them, don't bother to address just those that are having the greatest negative impact on your games. So, for instance, if I'm developing a software product, and I can't fix all of the bugs, I...

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No, because none of those things were causing problems at my table. I do make them wear ball gags in order to curb their pathetic attempts at argumentum ad absurdum though. I find there's nothing worse than a sad, groundless attempt at argumentum ad absurdum. :) EDIT: Honestly, nothing I said...

I find that hiding NPC initiative rolls doesn't completely negate the initiative metagame. I had an assassin player who would suddenly change his mind about making a surprise attack if he rolled particularly low for initiative, even though he could not see what the NPCs had rolled. I solved...

Dual-wielder Rogue 1 / Ranger [Hunter] 3 with two shortswords has a sustainable DPR of 21.98000 at level 4 (using the AC assumptions from the old "King of DPR" thread). This number includes 1d6 Sneak Attack once per turn, 1d8 Colossus Slayer once per turn, and 1d6 Hunter's Mark, once per hit...

I eliminate the initiative metagame by rolling everyone's initiative behind the DM screen when there is a surprise round. That way, if the assassin has declared an attack, he has no reason not to attempt the attack, since he has no idea whether his target has beaten his initiative roll. From a...

Giant Badger is one of only two animal companions available to the new UA Beastmaster with access to darkvision (the other is Giant Weasel). That is definitely a consideration depending on the style of game you play.

The site had a data corruption issue and they had to revert to a backup of the database that was 6 months old. A lot of threads were lost, and a lot of new accounts were lost. There was much wailing, and gnashing of teeth, and the people did declaim, "¡Carajo, me cago!"

There was a 9000 page thread on this topic that got deleted in which all of these things were discussed ad nauseam. I myself am willing to reserve judgment until I see how these features play out at the table. I am prone to agree with some of the people who contend that a few of the features...

Wow, back to level 1 after almost hitting level 6. I haven't been level drained like this since the Great Wight Orgy of `87. Don't ask.