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Fans are conservative by default. That true in about all fandoms because it’s in a definition of a fan to love how something is now. When you introduce changes, it is only logical that fans will be the ones noticing these changes first and resist it because it changes their relationship to the...

Indeed, Some of the way-over-the-top clips of Indian action-fantasy cinema that I’ve seen would fit remarkably well under a 5e rule frame. Don’t know enough about Indian films to speak of IPs proper though

This is, as stated in the OP, as worded in 5e14 so the ‘Magic’ action does not exist yet. However, casting a spell (or a cantrip) was an action type. In that regard, the 5e24 nomenclature is clearer with the addition of the Magic action. Now I have half a mind to see what other instances of...

For me there isn’t much ambiguity and the RaW is clear; these two features shouldn’t stack. Either you use your action to cast a cantrip or you use the attack action, but war magic isn’t worded as “if at some point during your turn you cast a cantrip…” That said; it’s neither OP nor out of...

As a player, I’m inclined to enjoy anything as long as the gamemaster is visibly enthusiastic about the genre and setting (and at least minimally competent), but regardless of the genre, I dislike games where players are expected to play ‘evil’ or perform morally dubious acts. Even in vampire...

It’s much worse than that; goblins speak the same language across settings! They also have the same general outlook, the same behaviour, the basically the same culture. In short, they have the same entry in the Monster Manual. The traditional fundamentalist approach of fantasy races is being...

My first DM was one of my friend’s older brother’s group of friends with whom we played a LARP or two (yes, I LARPed before tabletop RPG. It was sold to us “kinda like a LARP but without the live-action part”). We played at the community center two evenings per month, I think. 2e AD&D was fresh...

For me the reason is simple; players have too many resources - mostly too many hp and too many spell slots. Either the DM has to force a constant break-neck pace to prevent PCs from refreshing their resources too often, or they must face super-deadly encounters that take hours of game-time to...

The One Ring was one of my most formative read when it comes to game design. It is made to work best with a narrow focus in mind, but many games are based on a narrow focus, try to expand, and get lost. This one managed to keep it together. The One Ring is also an excellent example of a game...

There is a sun, but the planet is tidally locked to its sun and the campaign’s world is on the perpetually dark side. The moon, which orbits the planet, reflects that sun’s light normally. There is a sun but it does not radiate light. It radiates something else. The surface of the moon is...

You're probably right about that. Yet, I feel that censoring words is not always the solution to fight a real problem. Oftentimes I wonder if it doesn't turn out to be more hurtful in the end; a form of radicalization of sorts. The issues behind "orcs", "phylactery" and "oriental" are all very...

In a way, I’m glad they didn’t choose something else and didn’t give-in to a group of people recuperating a word that has no pejorative meaning to start with. I mean, where I come from, « Virginie Orientale » is what we call the state of Virginia in the US when we need to specifically...

First, I would select a setting and a meta-region within that setting. Probably the Sword Coast in Forgotten Realms because BG3 and Honor Among Thieves and Drizzt. Also, we’re kind of there already. Make it a solid gazetteer book mixing geography, demography, cultures, and and plot hooks. No...

Which should be fine now too. I don’t need a statblock that is meant to represent a whole people, I need a statblock that represent an adversary. I’m not interested in having a universal orc entry in the MM as a monolithic people, I want an orc raider entry, and an orc champion, and an orc...

If you give them all the same stats, yeah. Still, I’d rather have an orc guard statblock and an elf guard statblock and an aasimar statblock than the same guard statblock but here with tusks, here with pointy ears, and one that glows… At this point I’d settle for orcs like lizardfolks...

Oh, the value of the books was never questioned! Once we agreed to update to the new rules, we didn't want to go halfway, and we each bought a PHB so we wouldn't have to fight over one book. We knew there would be a lot of rule referencing, more so even than if it was a new system altogether...

I feel that "because we're all suckers" is somewhat degrading, but it ain't far from the truth...

I'm sure there are others as well but yes, the point is that maintaining reality in limbo is a constant effort and the plane probably "attacks" it in myriads of new ways. I can also imagine that these town, existing for hundreds of generations at a time, are still short-lived and morphing on the...

I see limbo as a place where potential is present but unrealised. It's a "potential" that can be imagined by the gods (which can be a LOT of things!) but that still bound by their laws and understanding. Only, its a place where such "laws" are difficult to impose both in space and time, hence...

Me and my group have never felt so unexcited about a new release of D&D. Yet, me and my group have never purchased new D&D product faster, and in large quantity. These statements are both true and seem to be in the trend of what's going on.