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All right, 18-page thread on sensitive contemporary issue. LET'S GO! "Sexual orientation" is a relatively recent psychological term that wouldn't have had any bearing on the medieval, albeit fantastic, societies depicted in D&D settings. Having a female NPC who's married to a man or a male NPC...

That's one of those questions that I think most groups wouldn't think about unless they started off with a laundry list of questions at the beginning of the campaign. Even if a DM and group think they're in harmony over how much railroading they want in their campaign, suddenly something like...

The DM. If the players want to give up fighting the Lich King and his Army of the Infinite Damned (or whatever), that's their prerogative, but later on when the ultimate conclusion is "Since you decided to go back to fighting kobolds and breeding yaks, the Lich King's army has swept across the...

First off, this is a great idea for a campaign setting. 1) Maybe 2) Definite maybe 3) No. I would discard any idea that boils down to "a wizard did it." I like the composer idea because it's a more uniquely Gothic premise, and with a campaign setting this unique, you want to make sure that the...

I think this is likely the most accurate prediction.

I really enjoy shadar-kai, myself. The whole race is very "Byronesque." I know you're just being glib, but it's not just about being "bored," it's about having your capacity to experience any sort of emotion slowly drained away and, in this case, transforming into a shade, a hollow echo of a...

Doesn't this controversy over subclasses remind anyone of the complaints about classes in 4e? "I'm going to make my Fighter be an archer" "Then you should play a Ranger, they're built for archery" "But I want to be a FIGHTER!" And now, with 5e, we have: "I want my Fighter to use exotic...

It's not arbitrary because I'm assuming that a subclass is going to be mechanically different than feats. If you can only make a Warlord using the Fighter class and picking certain feats every time you can choose one + a specific background. If Warlord is a subclass, then you have a Warlord...

Admittedly, as one of the most ardent defenders of the Warlord as a separate class, I'm actually cautiously optimistic about what they plan to do with the Warlord as a subclass. While I hated the idea of a Warlord as just a Fighter with a certain background and certain feats, I think I'm okay...

It's not the same premise because people are advocating mechanical restrictions (Paladins must be X alignment) with mechanical consequences (you lose all of your powers), while what you describe here is a strictly narrative consequence that's left completely up to the GM to adjudicate (is the...

I first heard the term earlier this year (except the guy said "random murder hobos") and thought it was hilarious. Even though my D&D group is a lot more focused on RP and story, I realized that it nevertheless described our group pretty well, especially considering that two PCs were actually...

Oath of Nonconformity. Vow to never keep any oaths. Upon taking this oath, immediately take 100 psychic damage from the logical paradox.

I discovered the planar cant when playing Planescape: Torment for the first time recently. At first I hated it, but it really grew on me.

Nowhere does it say that all NPCs have to be nice. There just have to be enough NPCs that the PCs like that, if they ever have to make a choice like, "Do we retreat and let the orc army raze the village, or do we go in and try to save some of them?" then it's a decision that will actually mean...

You have fewer options if you want to play a Warlord, though. Your option is: Play a Fighter and spend all your character resources taking the "Warlordy" feats.

I just GM'ed for the first time a couple nights ago. Lessons taken away: Although you've gone over the scenario hundreds of times in your head, your players have no idea what's going on. These has two important implications that can be hard to keep in mind as a new (and dreadfully insecure) GM...

I definitely want it as an encounter resource, but I don't expect it to be included in the Basic or even Standard rules.

Aside from being (perhaps dubiously) useful in crossing deserts, giant centipedes are also useful for killing PCs, as I learned from my first session GMing last night. EDIT: (The following story is from playing Shadows of Esteren, not D&D) One of my players also threw an interesting curveball...

Sounds more like all of that damage was contributing to the death of your character. If you had 9 or 10 PCs, I think someone else could have tagged in and taken a few hits instead of you, not to mention the fact that having that many PCs will always throw everything out of balance. Also, you...

If I'm understanding correctly those who are saying that CAGI isn't dissociated in regards to player decision-making and character decision-making (i.e. "I'm going to make my character impose his will on his enemies and draw them over to him" vs. "I'm going to impose my will on my enemies and...