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Hi Whizbang Dustyboots, don't think of it as "one true ending" Suggested endings ("here are the two or three ways this adventure can end") is closer to it. Just think of some WoTC 5E published adventures that have provided some if-then scenarios, especially at the end. I don't know if all of...

Hi Jolly! Thank you and no worries! It's been a while, so my recollection is far from perfect here. From what I remember - Mazfroth's Mighty Digressions was controversial at the time it was released for choosing to apply those words (when it could have been more neutral) - the antagonists...

Also speaking of conspiracy, who are they talking about on the The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread? It's making me a bit paranoid TBH.

Very much appreciate that! However, I'm 95% sure right now that I am just passing through and probably won't last a week here. To use the previous metaphor, I see this house, full of interesting people passionate about a hobby that I also love very much But in the common room of this house...

Honestly, as the "new guy" I don't know what you think of me, and maybe you think I am utterly disqualified from participating, but this is perplexing. Sure everyone is delivering value and receiving value, but that doesn't mean that there's no collateral damage. Clearly, there HAS been damage...

Thank you! I was trying to wrap my head around it, and it almost sounds simple and impossible at the same time. Simple: It's like you've got a number of people that need to be in one place, and some behaviours are interfering with each other's enjoyment of this one place. Impossible: The...

I may be misunderstanding, but is this like a competition for limited resources then? i.e., Group A wants to do X-talking. Group B wants to do Y-talking. Enworld is the best place to do both X-talking and Y-talking. The X-talking has a positive impact for the A people, and the Y-talking has a...

If your goal is to make a thread unreadable, that works! If your goal is something else, that does not work! I like how simple this is.

OK noted. So your goal: is... what? I still don't understand the goal. Your method: to criticize the rules or techniques of the game (with no intention of criticizing the person directly) Your audience: is it someone with a scientific or neutral position on the topic, or someone who is...

Technically or more specifically, I think we are being deferential to the feelings of a subset of people who play the most popular game ever, not being deferential to the game itself. (Also can be true for sports, movies, and other cherished products). That may sound like semantics, but that...

As in you are criticizing an RPG with a person who has a scientific or neutral position on the topic? People, human beings, play RPGs? We are addressing the feelings/behavior of the person who is emotionally invested in the RPG you are criticizing? It's not analogous to a friendship, but I...

For the part emphasized in bold, why? Why has this significant effort been invested, for what purpose, what is the end goal? I can't speak for anyone else, but when I stumble into those kinds of discussions, I'm like: Those verbose walls of text are incredibly intimidating for me and just not...

That's interesting. I think criticism without goal-awareness is deeply problematic. Like you criticize your best friend because their behavior is bothering you AND your goal is to have a good friendship. Unfortunately, your criticism is so harsh, that your friendship is severely degraded or...

Oh. Then what is "neutral criticism"? I've never heard of that term before, and I googled it, and nothing much came up.

Why does it make no sense? How about criticism vs constructive criticism? Does constructive criticism make no sense?

I don't know what you mean "Meh. Semantics." I think the impact of the words we choose to deliver here to other human beings are important. Nobody "wins" by dismissing the impact of the words we choose to use. Let's disengage.

I don't agree that I forgot that (as you claimed). In your case, what is the DM doing exactly with the adventure? Is the DM changing anything about it? If yes, "DMs who read this adventure and say maybe I want to run it but I don't like it as is and I will change it" If not, "DMs who read this...

I had this question regarding mind flayers and anti-magic. It looks like originally mind flayer mind blast was magically emitted. Then Volo's Guide removed the "magically" part or made it optional IIRC. But then in Monsters of the Multiverse it went back to "magically". I'm going by memory...

Good question! I think we have: DMs who read this adventure and say I won't run it DMs who read this adventure and say I want to run it as is DMs who read this adventure and say maybe I want to run it but I don't like it as is and I will change it DMs who read this adventure and say I don't...

If there was some of academic framework to reference, how can we be assured that the average Enworlder is even qualified to understand and use it in practical ways? Isn't that like a bunch of non-professionals try to professionally psychoanalyze each other based on what they find on the...