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I can only speak for myself, but I'm a half ogre for whom D&D is a substantial part of my identity, and I'd still have to be incomprehensibly furious for that anger to carry me through completing even one whole oneD&D playtest survey while thinking about it critically enough to make sure my...

Oh my GODS, it was the Virginia Tech gnome all along I KNEW IT Also, reinforcing the shout-out to Noble Knight Games -- Aaron is the real deal. Loyal customer for almost 30 years. Always patronize your local brick-and-mortar first, but failing that, shop from this man.

Ah, crap, I meant to say 'subscription,' not account. I'll modify my original post. Reasonable minds could agree with both points, of course.

Can I just say how much I've always hated that 500 error. Gives me a gat-danged heart attack every time it comes up late at night. :: shakes tiny fist :: With a nod to the humor, I'm gonna humbly suggest folks not. There have always been so many good reasons not to have a D&D Beyond account...

I'm sure you didn't intend to, I'm just pointing out that accusing the opposition of unwarranted personal investment is escalatory and asking you not to do it, because I was enjoying this thread. I am not picking up on anyone being defensive. You both just seem frustrated that the other isn't...

Please don't resort to gaslighting. @doctorbadwolf might be frustrated, but I think that would be understandable for either of you when you are talking past each other so completely. Maybe it's time to just let this one go before someone actually does start taking it personally.

Oh, don't give me that. Objects have relative value. That isn't a surprise to anyone. Specialty dice are not a requirement of any system -- you even acknowledge that, just below. You have to use a paper success matrix, is what you have to do. (EDIT: Okay, not for FATE, but FATE dice are...

So, speaking as a rabid fan of Taiko no Tatsujin, a video-game-specific peripheral can be an integral part of the game, often in a deeply rewarding way. There are MANY video-game-specific peripherals that are cash grabs and little more. Specialty dice aren't a custom drum controller, they're a...

I did not pick up on the 'trigger' part of the reference when I posted this yesterday; the follow up makes the tone even better. :D

I was ever so slightly too young to get these the first time around, and yes, in my 40s will I buy the Warduke doll to attempt to fulfill decades of nostalgic FOMO, Wizards and Hasbro and OGL be damned. My weakness is manifest. I am stunned that I have absolutely no idea who this Grimsword...

Two very different things. One open TTRPG license, good. One system, bad. Let's have a bevy of options for every table that can adopt and adapt from everything else on the market, regardless of whether they depend on d20, d100, d6, or packaged sliced bologna and Mountain Dew (I'm coming...

I will die on this hill, no pun intended. Specialty dice are anti-consumer. In the unlikely event that I like Genesys so much that it becomes my primary game, playing it once a week or more, then great, everybody wins. But if I don't, I never develop the muscle memory to read the...

My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play in it, for good or evil, before this is over. I would hope anyone who cares about D&D conceptually would continue participating constructively in the playtest. I stand with the open gaming community, but I will still be doing so. In fact, as...

I guess I have thoughts to share. I've been talking about moving away from D&D5 for months, and my players have been broadly receptive. This doesn't have anything to do with the OGL debacle. That might impact my decision to purchase new oneD&D books next year, but that was already in doubt...

Is this a good place to point this Paizo tweet out? It's not really an update, but I love the tone.

Hmm, perhaps I've misread you. Surely if this setting lore was associated with a specific setting or settings, you would accept that it is explicit rather than implied, right? You referred to "setting info" as "cool" in a previous post, so I've been assuming that you appreciate the existence...

Just as an example, reasonable minds can and do disagree, but I have always strongly considered the D&D classes to be part of the implied setting. A Fighter isn't just a dude who fights, they're a Fighter, and that means something relevant to the context of (most) D&D worlds. That's also...

Yes, I saw that in the URL, and began to vibrate at an audible frequency. What is happening. EDIT: Bah, worthless post, sorry. I tried to sign up but the button doesn't work. Anyone else having any luck?

If it is any consolation, the problem really isn't your lack of imagination, but that the collective subconscious has defined 'elf' far too broadly for anyone's good, with substantial aid and comfort from both Gygax and Tolkien. The problem is absolutely James Cameron's lack of imagination...

So... you consider D&D to be generic because you ignore the universal setting-specific information? :) I tease, but the line you describe between rules and lore is absolutely not as clear cut as you are suggesting.