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Well, I mean, if nobody plays a Thief then obviously it’s a moot point. Yeah, seems like a simple, functional fix.

I like this a lot, but since this is part of the Tief rogue’s Use Magic Device feature, I’d want to give them something else as consolation for that formerly unique class feature now being available to anyone. Even if it’s just like advantage on the check or something.

Seems like a good mechanic for boss battles! I think people keep running into the problem that they want individual encounters to be challenging, and D&D is just fundamentally not designed that way. It’s built around the assumption of many mostly trivial encounters gradually taxing the party’s...

That is not even remotely what I said.

This. Language is for communication, and if someone uses any of these shorthands, I will understand what they mean, therefore they have communicated adequately. Personally, I tend to say “the 2014 rules” or “the pre-revision rules” for original 5e, and “the 2024 rules” or “the revised rules” for...

I think we agree, I’m just using more provocative language to express the point. Yes, some people are faster or slower learners at some things. But there’s no such thing as someone who’s great at something without continued effort. They might be ahead of the curve, but they still need to put in...

Yeah, calling Newton’s laws “lies” is certainly not accurate, though I think from context it was pretty clear that the term was being used for hyperbolic emphasis. The reality is that Newton’s laws are close enough to accurate that you can use them in most contexts that most people will...

That’s funny, I actually don’t think hard work is the most important thing, at least not in most cases. But I do think it’s always a necessary component. I doubt that your cousin had this ability as an infant. He gained it, through hard work and practice. Now, it sounds like your cousin is...

Yep, this is why skilled labor usually costs money. Art is a skill, and the production of art objects is labor.

Talent is a myth. What looks like talent is mostly the result of hard work and practice. Some people take to some endeavors faster or slower than others, but nobody is inherently good at anything.

That’s actually not necessarily true. GenAI cannot produce results that don’t exist in their training data. For example, I invite you to try to get an AI image generator to give you a picture of a full wine glass. You can literally try a billion times with a billion different prompts, and you...

Not even in recent decades. Einstein overturned Newton in 1915

And it won’t! Even if I believed you, such a topic wouldn’t be appropriate for the D&D forum.

What an original line of reasoning that no one with concerns about the ethical, economical, and environmental impacts of large language models has ever heard before! I’m sure many hearts and minds will be changed by this insightful and empathetic piece of social commentary.

I feel like there are two different questions being asked here simultaneously. “Do you play each fight to its conclusion?” And “does every fight conclude with one or the other side being reduced to 0 HP?” I would answer yes to the first and no to the second. I find it important to focus on what...

Speak for yourself!

Well obviously @Crimson Longinus does. I do too. Seems like a lot of people do. Turns out, clear and explicit game rules text is important to a lot of people.

You’re assuming that they meant for that single use of the word hiding to encompass all definitions of the word simultaneously? That’s a strange assumption, and certainly not a natural language reading, since that’s not how English usually works.