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This is an interesting point. Before DnD got truly huge, it still had influence on the fantasy genre by, through game developers that played, having a huge influence on the design and assumptions in countless Fantasy video games that were (and are) played by tens of millions of people, shaping...

The way i see it, this is a natural part of the game, the books make this clear time and time again. "Make it your own", and variations on a theme, are all over every section related to running the game, after all. This shouldn't be an aspect of the game that is uniquely feared and shunned on a...

Unless the DM feels strongly about it, in which case it'd be nice not to get mad about that. This thread is originally entitled "can your druids wear metal armor", after all. If the DM doesn't care, this will never come up. Guaranteed.

I can see where you're coming from, but there are certain types of characters I'd rather not have people run, and to me these are the extremely evil, the extremely contrarian, characters who hate other people and will never work with them, characters who don't want to take part and just want to...

I've never used spell points, but if someone was really interested in it, i'd be inclined to allow it for Sorcerers only.

I'd always advocate against a "hissyfit". Rather than getting mad, you can instead say "i'd rather you didn't, bro".

Well, the counterargument to that is that you can do both, right? Actually trying to do one at the expense of the other is unironically playing into the stereotype that supposedly isn't true.

Quite the opposite, there is a mechanical impact to not wearing it (slightly lower AC), hence the passion with which people take to this debate.

It's opposite really; the fact that it has mechanical impact is the reason people seem to care so much about what would otherwise just be a flavor thing. Now, i could be wrong, i admit, but i am guessing that there are far less people willing to fight over their character looking like they are...

No one needs a certain amount of armor to play the game, especially not any of the spell casting classes. With a little less armor, you get hit a few more times. It's not a big deal, and the idea that it absolutely is is a toxic attitude in a very "competitive DnD" way. If the player doesn't...

The fact that players exist that are so toxic to the "house rules" that are at the core of 5Es ruling design is the reason these arguments get so spicey. I'm not surprised that less confident DMs hide behind arguing "RAW" when a player tries to browbeat them, but really, the discussion should go...

The setting is more specific, it includes assumptions about the... setting the game is assumed to take place in (pre- individual table customization) that do not necessarily match the wider "genre" (the 5e PHB presents a wildly different setting than Game of Thrones, or Mistborn, or even Lord of...

I wouldn't want Druids to do any of that either personally, but since those do not have special mechanical impact, there's less to argue about.

That's the point of the core setting though. It's supposed to be solid enough to inspire you and guide you without ever completely restricting you.

It's all about the look and feel bro.

You're reading his post too literally. Millions of people play DnD these days. All the users of all the old-style forums combined are a tiny minority.

All that crap is incredibly obnoxious if your intent is to wield it against your DM as a weapon. I care about this slightly more since I'm online debating, but I'd never let my players know that in an argument. The lines in the book are helpful to me only so far as they don't create the...

In the context of 5e, how and why you choose to rule things is always worth discussing. Having rules-lawyer fights over "RAW" never is.

I'm a bit biased here, but i prefer to have as few "social mechanics" as possible unless those mechanics do not interfere with people who are good at this sort of thing in real life. Squaring that sort of circle is hard! Luckily, DnD 5e makes it easy enough by letting me just either use dice, or...

Yes. To me, the game is about playing as fantasy archetype characters in variety of fantasy story archetypes. To this end, it is helpful to have a solid set of core assumptions that exist beyond "it can be anything at all, maaan". The books say "make it your own" every 10 pages at least, which i...