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    Optimization and optimizers...

    That is not a good min-maxer. The term min-maxer originates from maximizing strengths and minimizing weaknesses.
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    Diamond Comic Distributors Files Bankruptcy, Sells Alliance Game Distributors

    Morrus, in the video he actually says that Diamond has thousands of his books. I should have been more accurate and edited my original post accordingly.
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    Diamond Comic Distributors Files Bankruptcy, Sells Alliance Game Distributors

    I should have been more accurate. He actually said thousands of books. Could it be 10K? 15K? more? I have no idea how many titles he has had printed or how large his print runs are for each title.
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    Diamond Comic Distributors Files Bankruptcy, Sells Alliance Game Distributors

    This is bad. Stephen Glicker at Roll For Combat posted on YouTube that Diamond sells products on consignment (Diamond does not own the products they sell). and Diamond sent him a letter that they are not returning the products that they have in inventory from him and other companies. Instead...
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    TSR Who or What am I? Dragon 94 Cover by Clyde Caldwell

    Btw, if its name is Doris, it really wanted to be named Natasha.
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    Optimization and optimizers...

    I think you mean Steve Long. He wrote the rules for 5th and 6th editions not 4th (although he did write some 4e supplements). The writers of 4e were George MacDonald and Steve Peterson along with Rob Bell (the editor of Champions 4e and the Hero System rulebook for 4e). As for the cost...
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    Optimization and optimizers...

    I was not saying break them and send them running. I am saying to mix things up. In my experience, If players know that they can't always rely on hyper-focusing their optimization on one thing and then rely on the other party members to always cover everything else, they are less likely to do...
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    Optimization and optimizers...

    One thing that I have not seen mentioned is that, if someone is optimizing to hyper-focus on one thing, they are going to leave themselves vulnerable elsewhere. GMs can take advantage and split the group. Put the character(s) in situations where the group is either split up by external forces...
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    Optimization and optimizers...

    I have said the following in other threads. There are several types of optimization and not all forms include power gaming or mini-maxing, I distinguish between the three and none of which need include cheating which is a separate issue. Player motivations can play a role in the type of...
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    RPG Evolution: Problems with the Staff

    Regarding slings, Ludus Ludorum had a great web article, A Defense of the Humble Sling. https://ludusludorum.com/2016/05/12/a-defense-of-the-humble-sling/
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    D&D General Rogue as Assassin and Rogue as Jack

    The rewrite sounds interesting. Have you shared it online?
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    D&D General Rogue as Assassin and Rogue as Jack

    Personally, I would like to break the Swashbuckler off into the subclass of a new light/ no armored warrior maneuver based classs with Corsairs/ pirates, ,Edo period samurai, Fencers and courtly sword duelists, musketeers, swashbucklers etc. being subclasses. Otherwise, I agree with the...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Could the DnDNext Sorcerer be revived as its own class?

    Sadly, the 2014 team did not go back and address it during the PHB creation after the design philosophy was nailed down. And the design team discarded the philosophy during the 2014 Edition after Mearls left as head of the D&D team.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class.

    Dragons are a lot larger than a bear or deer (with the possible exception of some baby dragons and something like a faerie dragon).
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    D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class.

    I would not expect them to know how hard it is to track a dragon or evade a giant as they don't exist in our world :P However, unless the dragon is flying, I imagine their large size would result in obvious foot prints while their body would leave signs of broken branches and damaged trees and...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Could the DnDNext Sorcerer be revived as its own class?

    Yep and Mike Mearls had stated in an episode of his old Happy Fun Hour series that the Bard should have received its subclass at first level to address this issue, but the class design philosophy had not been finished prior to the development of several of the classes,
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    Where’s The Deathstalker RPG? Part 1

    To your list, I would add the following two magic items from Archer: Fugitive of the Empire (a.k.a Archer and the Sorceress, a.k.a Der Zauberbogen): Toran's Heartbow Estra's Charm Necklace: Summons a snake, horse, or panther by touching the appropriate charm. There might have been a fourth...
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    The price of streaming vs out right owning

    It is a great benefit. However, going into Walmart has the benefit of ensuring an item is in stock. On more than one occasion, the website stated that a grocery item is not in stock, but it on the shelf when physically entering the store.
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