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Invoking Orwell over the word changes of a particular printing of a roleplaying game book contributes to the dilution of the term into meaningless and promotes all sorts of poor usage of the concepts. Orwell was talking about governments and political figures, and worlds in which we wouldn't...

That was only the 5e SRD right though? Paizo specifically relies on the 3rd Edition SRD and anything they get from there via the OGL. That's why they could not afford to pause this in case Wizards of the Coast decided to upend the OGL or WoTC specifically decides to go after Paizo. Because, I...

It's not cultural appropriation. It's an invitation to be made a mockery of if ye say it anywhere within the borders of the island. Or worse.

Could you be a bit more concrete on what's bothering you about these changes or other previous changes? I don't see how the stances portrayed by others in this thread, or my own, are unimaginative, unchallenging or uninteresting. I for one, as a trans person, am glad a lot of previous baggage...

The problem, however, was that at one point Tolkien did specifically compare Orcs to Mongols in a way that was not merely neutral - and certainly not inapplicable to the real world. While this is from Wikipedia - I think it works: Tolkien wouldn't have been as shocked as you think. Like...

Considering that orc is and continues to be used as a way to refer to entire groups of people as evil... you would have already lost that metaphor, considering how god damn harmful it is.

Within the context of what 'pure maidens' mean, it's referring to a maiden that is a virgin or celibate - the implication being that any woman who's had sex is not pure.

I'm specifically buying the books in print to have as part of my physical collection, as part of a long term collection thing, to have an excuse to reread the rules, and because I don't own the CRB physically.

If I ever were to do rolling, I'd probably do 3d6; but the twist is that everyone gets the same array after each player rolls an array array, and then the players vote on which array they want to use. Best of both worlds; nobody too advantaged or disadvantaged ala standard array, but still a...

Or a 21 from boosting a 20 (it is possible to get 22 at the very, very end of the game).

As far as I can tell, the GM Screen has never received errata, and was released same day as the Core Rulebook; the Core Rulebook went through 4 rounds of errata and this was never clarified; and we know that the rules before official launch reflected the deadlier rules, but clearly ended up...

Er. The fact the GM Screen had the incorrect, deadlier version of the rules DOES make this likely an error. Easy miscommunication between editors / designers could have lead to that, honestly. Regardless, while it is unfortunate the 1st printing won't have the errata, I am glad full clarity was...

The only potential weird part for Abomination Vaults has to do with the lore of Lost Omens rather than mechanics: It isn't really worth worrying about however, from my understanding; it's not a significant part of the AP.

I agree with you though. Sorry if I made it seem like I don't. My overall point was more so that of all the design issues in the game, this is the type of issue I would try to solve last; especially since Wizards has taken MANY ATTEMPTS to fix certain ancestries (hello, Dragonborn), and it...

Depends on the methodology and what features you give them, the weight / value of each of those features, and how they tie into the theme of the ancestry - and that's without considering the limitations or requirements of the game balance. There is also the fact that people will often pick...

On the hand, this is technically a fair complaint. On the other, Secret Invasion was apparently so naughty word horrible, that pretending it's not canon or happened in a different universe would be extremely beneficial; so it may not be fair to hold against the film.

Embracer is a scourge on the industry. I have this dread they're going to fold and take a lot of studios and IP with them.

Fair enough on the mechanical aspects I suppose (though Con / Wis IS still great for a Cleric, and I don't think my argument about that specific class being good for Lizardfolk is good). I suppose the lore and flavour aspects did not bother me as much due to playing in a custom setting... and...

Why were they poor before? I did not get much time to play my Lizardfolk character in 5e for a variety of reasons, but even before what appears to be a good upgrade in MPMM, the VGM printing seems pretty good for Clerics. Natural Armor means that with a decent Dex score, you don't have to...

I'd be very interested to know how many sales are Mac. Mac makes up a MUCH higher percentage of total OSes in use compared to even 5 or 6 years ago; I'd be very interested to know the costs of Mac support versus how much they earned from it, considering Apple's general hostility towards games...