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I mean, sure. You can argue that the character in question is neither an NPC nor a PC, but some other thing, if you like. But in the standard paradigm, the whole and entire definition of NPC basically boils down to "everyone that isn't a PC." It's a definition by exclusion. So most people are...

I mean... it's undeniable that there's a hefty chunk of the hobby who participate by reading books and arguing on the internet about them without actually playing, or while only playing very little. If you think that's debatable, you haven't been paying attention. An argument over what is the...

So this spun off partly from one of my comments, so I guess I should probably weigh in here. First, I very strongly believe that your character is your character. If you invented it, you retain ownership and control unless and until you choose to give it up. I will here note that there are...

D&D already completely changed the meaning of the word "edition" in this hobby. Why not "compromise" and "update," too?

Literally all of this is nothing more than more post hoc rationalization for your personal preference. P.S. Being confused about how golf scoring works is literally a joke about how stupid Homer Simpson is. I mean, you do you, but I personally wouldn't be setting myself as part of that group.

I'd say the same about spell books and turning into animals, but here we are.

You know, this is a small thing, but now that you bring it up, I totally agree. I very much preferred that aspect of 4e, on both sides of the screen. It's the same things as stuns and paralyzing and whatnot. Smaller, but the same.

That's smiting. It's literally just smiting. The fact that smite spells show up on places other than the paladin list doesn't make them not part of the paladin's signature deal, it means that their signature deal is already spread around significantly, and you don't have a problem with that.

This statement applies equally to literally every post in the entire conversation. It goes without saying that everything here is subjective and that what one person finds boring, others will find to be the most fun and engaging parts of the game.

lol Sure, but there is no trick to using roll low. Everyone knows that first place is faster than second place, and that this makes first place better than second place. Lower numbers are better, other factors being equal. This is reinforced by the overwhelming majority of experiences involving...

That's the paladin's signature mechanic. Or is it just the arcane classes that get to be unique in your version of the game?

Hard pass. If I signed up to play Dungeons and Dragons, I have zero patience for someone trying to play Boutiques and Bookbinders. If you want to retire and start a cute little B&B, then your character is an NPC now. People can roleplay and engage with the setting by going on adventures...

I think the idea that people have some internalized "bigger numbers = better" is absolute nonsense, given the existence of "we're number one!" Sure, people have preferences for dice games are scored, but I'd wager good money that's hugely influenced by however the first dice game they got into...

I think pretending that there's a meaningful difference between ascending and descending AC is weird. D&D never stopped using Thac0, it just started counting it the other way.

Metamagic was the wizard's thing when it was invented. None of this is carved in stone.

OMG, so much this. And the number of people out there insisting that this is the only correct way to do it drives me absolutely bonkers.

Crafting/shopping/economics. I came here to play a fantasy adventure game, not to watch you set up a quaint little craft shop. It might be your fantasy, but it's not an adventure.

Greyhawk was always a gonzo setting. That is its point and purpose. That's the whole thing that distinguishes it, as a setting. It was the "all-in and anything goes" setting before you and I and anyone else in the conversation ever heard of it. Attempts to make it something else are fanfic retcons.

The rulebooks that come with the games explain the rules they are using in significant detail. Not quite to the degree that BG1 did, where you could pretty much just play AD&D 2nd edition out of the video game manual with no other books, but more than enough to understand what's going on in the...

They hold up surprisingly well if you can put up with the somewhat janky controls and looking stuff up in books because it's not in the game itself.