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The Ranger I have the most experience with is the Beastmaster.

I find it quite functional. If it's underpowered, it's underpowered within an acceptable range, unlike the Ranger which is pretty much awful.

They mean privilege, shidaku. They mean not having to consider your exact level of sexual attractiveness and apparent availability every time you leave the house. They mean not being expected to put aside any goals or ambitions you might have if children come along. They mean not being told that...

It is better to be welcoming to the diverse than to be welcoming of bigots.

Speaking as a survivor of Katrina myself, this is the case. Speaking as a lesbian and a human being... the people around me know that I am a lesbian. They know it without me saying how lesbian I am or how many girls I want to bang, because in everyday situations people talk about their families...

The thing is... most trans people are closeted, pretty deep. We're still in a fair bit of danger if exposed in a lot of places. Public restrooms, for me, are a constant source of fear. Chances are that if the policy was an issue for someone, you'd never know.

In 2e, the cleric's combat ability stayed pretty constant. The fighter, on the other hand, picked up specialization and fighting styles, which were a huge improvement.

Life clerics beat things to death with blunt objects while wearing the heaviest armor available. They are walking, talking ambulances armed with heavy cannons and a proclivity toward running over pedestrians on their way to the patient and equipped with tank armor. They are joyous violations of...

Player characters are definitionally "very rare situations," and I would much prefer to have them recommend that virtually all NPC bladesingers be elfs. Putting "Elf only" in the actual crunch of the class is an invitation for both Adventurer's League and individual GMs to stick needless...

Huh. Actually, this would likely have prevented one of those bad experiences. Gender dysphoria was getting extra bad, was in the process of figuring out what exactly was going on that was making me hurt, sat down for a game of Second Edition. Have a great character idea - female paladin based...

I am not a new player. I'm past 20 years in the hobby. The new discussion of gender, sexuality, and general being welcoming made me immensely happy when I saw it, and has led me to be more willing both to game publicly (had some fairly awful experiences gaming while trans; now the books...

I like it, and have already approved it for my games with the HD increased to d10. Why d10? Because I very much like the function of the blood rite, but looked at quick and dirty damage math and saw the class fall behind if it didn't use that ability. Since being a front-line character with...

Rakasta. Phanaton. Dromite. Thri-Kreen. Kryptonian. Romulan.

Not to mention that penalties don't have to be mechanical to be real. A Lawful Evil cleric of a Chaotic Good deity might keep spells and class features, but they could still be defrocked and excommunicated, denied the resources of their church and viewed with scorn by former parishioners. Which...

West End. Then it went along with D&D. I don't remember a conversion guide from WEG SW to WotC SW. I can't imagine even trying mechanical conversion there.

West End. Then it went along with D&D. I don't remember a conversion guide from WEG SW to WotC SW. I can't imagine even trying mechanical conversion there.

That's the case.

Most other RPG lines change in much more subtle ways than D&D does from one edition to the next. D&D has been at least five completely different, totally incompatible games at this point.

Most other RPG lines change in much more subtle ways than D&D does from one edition to the next. D&D has been at least five completely different, totally incompatible games at this point.

I've been running a game with a flying spellcaster since the start of 5e. I ran games in 3e with permanent fliers regularly. I never really had an issue with them.