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Your second question depends upon what you mean by melee. A subclass that is melee focused could simply be one that prefers melee to ranged, or it could mean one that is capable of filling the defender / striker melee role and being a member of the front lines in combat. If you're looking for...

One of my sorcerers has amassed a pretty large kill list through the use of Phantasmal Force and other illusions. There are a lot of monsters with low intelligence out there and a creative player, the right environments and a DM that is not afraid to let things go as they fall ... well, you can...

It'll be party time when we can cross platform. I'm itching to play with some friends that are on consoles...

When you speak to anyone you are usually having three conversations at once. The first is what is included directly in the words you're delivering. The second is the intentional subtext. We convey a lot of information indirectly in how we say things. If I tell you a building is on fire...

It is not my primary setting (I have an extensive Homebrew), but I have run adventures since the 1980s - and I pretty much always come back to 1357 DR with young adventurers exploration of my version of the Haunted Halls of Eveningstar. There is no Kelemvor in my setting. No Time of Troubles...

Yes, you can avoid clickbait by not clicking on it and you, individually, will benefit from isolating yourself from it. That has little to do with the larger AI issues under discussion here, but that is true.

Well now you just sound fooli .... WAIT A SECOND!!!!! :-P

There are no truly broken builds. There are some that are more powerful than others, but selecting something just because it deals more damage or exerts more control may not give you the same levels of joy that you get from a more distinctive design with more personality. That being said, if...

You're making a distinction that academics would, but most people do not. This discussion is not going to turn, on the end, on the technicalities... and AI is going to evolve quickly to do more and more that is further and further away from merely blending cut and paste. Please take a moment to...

Wrong can mean many things. Here, I'm going to say that an approach that would be ineffective and would fail at what it attempted would be wrong - so yes, this is wrong. Why do we need laws? Why can't we just explain what is in the public benefit and have everyone realize, agree and do what...

Most of the criticism of these moves has nothing to do with (net) earnings per share or stockholders getting their money. Econ 1 will give you enough insight to know that cutting costs increases your profit ... in the short term. The criticism here, and in layoffs in general, is that they are...

You look out a window at work. There is a guy in a yellow hard hat and an orange jacket messing around in an electrical box. he suddenly leaps back as sparks fly out of the box. You're not sure if he was shocked or leapt back right before disaster. He gestures to someone else who comes over...

What is different here is the other thing I listed - the names behind the competition. D&D has never had this level of well known challengers with loyal fanbases taking away from their player base. There have been a lot of other RPGs out there, but only the Pathfinder / 4E split ever...

I'll tell that to Ravenloft, Beyond the Barrier Peaks, Dark Sun, Eberron, AD&D, etc. On a more serious side: I do favor other systems for other genres of RPG. I consider that quite a different thing than trying to run multiple different rule sets for similar fantasy storytelling. GURPS is...

That ignores that there are multiple definitions of evolution. Anytime you gradually change something over time it is also known as an evolution. It wouldn't give Darwin a stiff salute, but it is evolution nonetheless.

No, evolution is great. I'm saying that we could benefit from it - but also mentioning that you risk seeing a step back when they enact change. Many people consider 4E to have been a step back for D&D - not forward. And I'm also noting that they've said 5E and 6E will be compatible ... but at...

6E is essentially in the bag. MCDM will have no impact on it. Further, they're not phoning 6E in. They're going to try to make the best game they can. Competition is not a magic salve, and it doesn't really work as you're suggesting and create magic improvements. When the game starts to...

The videos that Matt Colville made over the years are phenomenal guidance for DMs. I agree with 95% of them - as does he. He contradicts his guidance here or there and is critical of earlier statements at times. But it is all worth a listen. It is something I listen to on the drive to work...

Need? No. I could still run great games using the AD&D Rules. Benefit from? Yes. 5E is a far superior game to AD&D. That is due to evolution. However, not every change is an improvement, and each generation allows them to fix errors made in a prior generation. Further, as technology...

I just went there today and was able to do 6 of the 12 days (all days up to today) ... some people may think there are more than 12 total days as most of these calndars have 24 or 25.