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I think I see the disconnect. You expect that, were I not testing the new encounter building rules, I would have strictly followed the encounter building guidelines. I wouldn't have. And actually, isn't that an utterly bizarre take in the face of the normal complaints about 5e's level of...

Just out of curiosity, do you know what "slice-of-life" is? Like, do you understand the concept? I don't know if it is a tag used in western media, but just a quick look on a single website shows this 5,362 manga title, not single volumes, TITLES. As in there are, on this one site alone...

Why does an Air Elemental's fist deal 2d8 damage, while an Awakened Tree's Fist does 3d6 damage, and a Clay Golem's does 2d10 and an Earth Elemental does 2d8? You might say that their size plays into it, but why do elementals deal d8's and the golem a d10? You might argue the Tree and Treant...

Honestly, SOOO much can be done with flavor text. I had a villain once who smashed their staff into the ground, sending a wave of force energy which hit every single target. Freaked the players out. It was a Mage casting 9th level magic missile. But because I didn't describe it that way, it was...

Is there even a single 3PP creator that has been "forced" to use WotC's lore? Their Copyrighted lore?

I keep re-reading this, trying to understand the position that causes you to think your opinion should have any priority, while you admit you don't even want to consider a game setting as being used as a game setting. It is like seeing someone upset that a clock tells time, because they prefer...

Eh, I'm not so sure about that. Can you reverse engineer to give a monster expertise in a skill? Yes, and you can make up whatever lore reason you need for that monster. Again, the specific lore question being asked in regards to keen senses is "why is this dog really good at noticing things"...

I mostly agree with all this (nitpicks here and there). One of the greatest gifts of Eberron to its DMs is that there are no canon answers to the greatest mysteries, and it is always starting from the same start point. Those two things have allowed for the lore to be made so, so, so much better...

So you are walking back your previous statement. See, and things like this just baffle me. The dream origin for Beholders is so utterly fascinating. I never had a single interest in them before that. But here we are with you calling out on of the coolest bits of DnD lore as them tearing...

They are space orcs. As I understand the lore from the brief brush up I had with them, their big thing was being orcs that are intelligent. double checking via google Yep, pretty much just "what if orcs were smart and disciplined, like real people." Scro loved combat. It is foundational to...

I think I still have two thoughts from the base class. The subclasses are mostly fine, but it is the base I keep looking at. 1) If we are going to do making mundane items for the level 1 ability, just remove the limits. You can make any non-magical, small or smaller item costing less than 50...

Hmm, I'm not convinced at the moment. Maybe it was my experience being with an Artillerist and not an Armorer or Battlesmith, but I felt my damage was good enough. My big tricks were usually being decently armored (think I had an AC of 17?) and throwing down web, while also following it up with...

Doesn't it come online a lot later though? My Tasha's is buried, but I thought I remembered a level 3 Artificer being able to use the Homunculus. Now they need to be level 5. Which isn't a lot, but it is noticeable.

Snipping out a few thoughts. Steel Defender has an AC of 15, is limited to melee attacks, and at level 3 has 20 hp. Turret has an AC of 18, can fire from range, and at level 3 has 15 hp. I don't know if the Steel Defender actually ends up coming out on the better end for this. It can use...

So since I used all 2014 monster statblocks, are you of the opinion that the 2024 character options have gotten weaker? Because it was 2024 characters (with a single non-2024 subclass) against 2014 monsters. So it would be really weird if the monsters are suddenly far tougher than before...

Because its affects on the story are bad, undesirable, and unhelpful. Sure, but replacing a character is far less tense than the character dealing with consequences. It isn't my argument. You are the one making the argument that death is trivial to overcome. You are also someone who is upset...

I was referring to other media, such as novels and shows, since my larger point was about the use of Character Death as a story telling device. I want to make that clear, because you are now asking me to give an example from a different medium. But, actually, I do have a current actual game I...

I will actually object that nuance is needed here. Overwriting and retconning can not only be good, but be incredibly necessary. A few examples: - Per old lore, Ettercaps were once druids who wildshaped into spiders and lived their lives as spiders. But then they did what spiders did and...

No, I don't understand how "Goblins are now Fey" is somehow a crime against Lore, while "The elemental plans are mixed together like a chunky soup, all elemental are now mixed beings, demons are born from the elemental planes and the Lord of The Nine is now a God" was to quote you "not a huge...