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Heh. A Strength (Intimidation) check is just... rolling initiative. ;)

Yeah, and some DMs will instead call for initiative once someone wants to grab/throw someone else.

The Creative Commons opens it up so that the OGL cannot be used as a poison pill. That was the entire point. I also wasn't saying you were saying anything bad about them. I'm saying that I see a lot of hate and toxicity out there in the 3PP fandom that is pushing people away. I don't follow...

What are you on about? I do know the scenario because Mistwell set it up, and I answered. The scenario was presented as such: "How many shots do you get at picking a lock in your games? If the DC is 30, and you have a +10 modifier, do you just let them keep trying until they roll a 20?" There...

I'm not saying that the cooperative fantasy role-playing game based on random chance can accurately portray the non-random, authored superhero stories of comic books (that only work because the author decides that it happens). Superhero stories don't take place in, or follow the rules of, the...

Nope. I am not wrong in this case. Don't accuse me of making things up. You and I are both referencing the same rule. DMG p. 237: Sometimes a character fails an ability check and wants to try again. In some cases, a character is free to do so; the only real cost is the time it takes. With...

The game works fine with moderate stats because DCs aren't crazy. But it is not against the rules to use higher stats. If all the players want to play "superheroes," they should have a conversation with their DM. If the DM doesn't want them to have higher stats, and wants to inflate DCs so they...

Yes, if the lockpicker has invested to get a +10 to their roll, and they have a chance to succeed, they get to keep rolling. It just takes time. And we don't allow Nat 20 successes on skill checks. If I have invested expertise to get a +17 to my lockpicking, and the DC is 20, and I fail, RAW...

How am I insulting thousands of games? Nothing I said called out all other games as "bad" and that Wizards has the only good game in D&D. Though I do recognize that D&D already has homefield advantage of being the 800lb. gorilla. I specifically called out 2 primary factors. A good game, and a...

I don't really run my dragons this way. Dragons with high mental stats likely pay attention to all kinds of features that might give them an edge in interactions, like using perception and insight to recognize features that give them an edge in influencing those, or other humanoids. Archmages...

The only way for this to change is for other companies to create actually good games, that have good, non-toxic communities that support and advocate for them inclusively. Is there a beloved game that doesn't get the attention it deserves? Something is missing from the mix.

This is the flaw with people wanting to draw parallels to, or to emulate, superheroes in D&D. Superheroes have high stats across the board. Want to emulate a superhero like Catwoman or Batman, or other heroes who have high Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and/or Charisma...

In my campaign, there are a few dragon societies, and a dragon that is a part of such a society often has dragonborn family or allies that help to rear the young. Lone dragons have to juggle it all themselves (unless they have a partner), and can get annoyed if they can't get their beauty sleep...

In my game: 1gp equates roughly to $100 US, which can buy a room at some inns, or a family meal at some restaurants, etc. 100gp equates to $10,000 which can be an average international flight for a family* (*corrected my math), or the average cost charged by a third-party caster to cast a...

In my home campaign, dragons have clutches of 5 eggs. If all goes well, 1 egg might contain a dragon. The other eggs hatch into dragonborn (dragonborn are literally born of dragons, though they also breed true). At a young age, the dragon develops the ability to take on a personal dragonborn...

So, do you not believe in flat ability checks at all? Does every ability check needs to be tied to a proficiency bonus via skills or tools?

It's about the types of stories, and perhaps organizations. All Rogues could be a good Thieves Guild/heist story All Wizards could be a good Wizard Academy/arcane mystery story. Stuff like that. OK... how about a party where everyone has a permanent fly speed (Aarakocra, Owlin, Fairie...

The RAW mentions under "Other Charisma Checks" that Charisma is the ability used to "Find the best person to talk to for news, rumors, and gossip." and "Blend into a crowd to get the sense of key topics of conversation." How important is it that there needs to be a specific skill that lets you...

It sounds like you are saying that every prior edition and game does everything better than 5E. Yeah. OK. I played them too, friend, and with every prior edition I was glad when it was over, and I was looking for the next thing that might fix the parts I came to be annoyed by. For example, I...

I think it helps 3PP creators to embrace and spread the narrative that the sky is falling with D&D, because it goes hand in hand with "But hey, buy my product! My products and I are objectively better than Wizards and Hasbro." That literally brings them business. That said, I do see their fans...