Search results

No, you're right, it's not a fix, and I shouldn't have implied that it is. But it is possible to conceive of a pathway under CC to continued distribution of broken pieces that only rely on the SRD 3.5, even if they become closed content otherwise. You'll get no argument from me there. But I...

Yes. It's conceivable that Wizards could come up with some labyrinthine but fair legal agreement that lets 3PPs continue to update, modify, and iterate on their OGL 1.0a content perpetually without actually using the OGL 1.0a, but it would still require adoption, and if it is not adopted for...

All right, all right. I agree to disagree. Irlo is right, none of us are getting anywhere. This has been fun; I appreciate everyone's candor.

As someone else who participated in that contest, it breaks my heart that he worries about this. If you think it would be appropriate, please let him know that a random stranger on the internet thinks this is nonsense. :) I've never been a big Eberron adopter, but that comes down to...

I can agree that groups put different levels of emphasis on cooperation, and that the fact that we all play the game differently is a strength of the community. Not sure I'm willing to close that triangle, though. Hair splitting. This position is and has always been incomprehensible. I can...

And you remain incorrect. Refusing to use a class ability out of preference when that class ability would be useful to the group is uncooperative. It's a question of principle. If a player approaches D&D from the perspective that their character concept is more important than the enjoyment of...

Absolutely no one has proposed doing this.

In a weird, exhausted way I am deeply grateful to you for acknowledging this. Dammit, not this again. We were so close. It is absolutely up to the player. I've never in my life told a player what spells to memorize unless they've asked for guidance, as either a dungeon master or as a fellow...

Hey, everyone talking about the kinds of complaining that don't help the cause? Take a look at this. This is the kind of complaining that doesn't help the cause.

Man, do the new thing. Wizards or no Wizards. Always do the new thing, it'll be better than the old thing. Boy howdy does this make me feel better about losing that contest that he won. 😬

You're entitled to that belief, if it suits you, but I don't think anyone can categorically state with authority that there is always a better (more cooperative) substitute for healing in every circumstance arising in D&D5. There is some degree of requirement by the other players at the table...

😩 Well, with apologies, it looks like literal crap.

I don't think you or anyone else gets to redefine the term that selectively. If it is possible for circumstances to arise where cooperation requires healing, and you refuse to heal in all circumstances, it follows that there are circumstances in which you will not be cooperative.

What I want is cooperation. That is how I think the game should be played. They are the same thing. I am being cooperative by insisting upon cooperation. How can I make this clearer to you? At the beginning of the thread, we had one guy saying, "I shouldn't have to heal just because I...

I like that this excerpt makes it clear that the term was self-applied and not a slur. It is better that way.

Of course not. Most players do not require a rule mandating cooperation in order to engage in it. So we've established that there is a degree of requirement by the other players at the table at which my position is sound. Good. I won't insult you by suggesting that my own anecdotal...

Do you or anyone else on the thread know when we started using it? I am honestly a little surprised I never thought about this before, but I feel like this has to be the result of old wargamers -- or rather, young wargamers from a long time ago -- complaining about even older wargamers. 1986...

They don't call you Whizbang for nothing. :)

Agreed, I can't believe this is accurate. I think folks must be responding to the difference between 'nard' and 'nerd' more than the syllable emphasis. I've never once heard anyone put the emphasis on the second syllable. No emphasis at all, maybe, but never on the second syllable...