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I think it looks great, too, but I don't really feel like picking up Pathfinder to play it. If there were a D&D 5e-compatible version, I would absolutely back it!

Too bad it's Pathfinder only. I'd be all over a D&D 5e version of this.

Were the PCs sexless mannequins?

What I'm trying to figure out is if just playing as a gay or trans character—mind you, the player isn't graphically describing his/her sexual relations—is enough to be considered inappropriate for your children. A complaint I've heard from some is that the section on sex and gender in the PHB is...

Holy crap! It's been so long since I've seen that movie that I didn't realize it was Julie Benz in that scene!

Yes, and furthermore, while denying attraction and sexuality may be unhealthy, there is a way to do it without tipping over into objectification. That is the biggest problem with the stripper pirate illustration above. It's part of a much larger tradition of women being depicted in ways that...

This refers to a fairly common archetype wherein writers, in an effort to create a "strong female character," write a woman who rejects stereotypically feminine traits and embraces stereotypically masculine ones instead. There's a pretty decent writeup on the blog The Alchemy of Writing. Here's...

I've been looking to try Savage Worlds, and of the settings available, two have caught my eye, Rippers and Accursed. They both seem somewhat similar with players taking on the roles of monster hunters who have something monstrous about themselves. One difference I do see, however, is that...

SPOILERS for The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms!!!! I also really like how it ends with what can be considered a really rad superhero origin story in which a god is all but stripped of his power and can only use it to help others in need.

And that is an excellent point you make. As such, shouldn't that mean that any new language that is more inclusive is a good sign that we are becoming a more accepting/tolerant society? Rather than saying, "That's just the way it is, so get used to it!" it seems much better to see that change is...

I notice you cut off the rest of my reply, so allow me to reiterate with the term "disabled" replaced by "overweight."

First level can even be deadly for PCs in D&D 5e. When I ran The Lost Mine of Phandelver, I very nearly had a TPK with the very first encounter (i.e., the goblins on the road). Admittedly, I would have followed the book's instructions and just had the goblins leave the party unconscious if they...

I'm not sure citing Dark Sun is the best argument since it is the outlier among settings and not the norm. You can find a lot of similarities between Faerun, Krynn, Eberron, and Oerth/Greyhawk that none of those settings share with Athas. (And like you said, it's most likely going to mention...

I'm also going to put in a vote for 5e, and I recommend using the starter set. It's fairly cheap (especially through Amazon), and The Lost Mine of Phandelver is a pretty substantial adventure. (My group got about 40 hours of play from it.) Another alternative would be Swords & Wizardry...

I'm curious to know if anyone has ever statted up the characters from Fantasy Flight's various Lovecraft games (Arkham/Eldritch Horror, Elder Sign, Mansions of Madness) for use with the Call of Cthulhu RPG. I'm getting ready to run a one-shot using the 7th edition quickstart rules and scenario...

Okay, I kinda see what you're saying. I mean, I still don't think it's really any slower, but in terms of thinking there are other parts of the game that are better, that makes sense. I really enjoy advantage/disadvantage because I tend to prefer less flat probabilities. While the majority of...

I find it odd that the above sentence can be rewritten as, "As you walk down the street, you see Dirk, the town miller, and his wife Roberta comforting their children, their flour-covered faces streaked with tears," and it would receive nary a sideways glance. However, keeping those two words as...

Forgive me if someone else already pointed this out, but I most definitely think this qualifies: And this especially does: