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One thing discussion keeps overlooking is that the propaganda point here is not actually, "people like me exist." It is normalization: "people like me exist and are no different from anybody else." The distinction is hard to see if you already buy into the viewpoint which is being normalized...

Smurf reproduction?

I don't see how that follows. My expectations for what will kill a PC are derived from my experience with PCs; I may not always estimate the odds perfectly, but it's as possible for me to underestimate difficulty as to overestimate it. Sure, of course. But some players won't have strong play...

Oh, absolutely. I thought this thread was about APs like Storm King's Thunder, but settings books would qualify too. I'd love to see a return of the Athar from Planescape, for example. It's a fairly logical position for a fantasy character to take on religion, especially a wizard.

That's why I love illusionists. They can use Seeming + Malleable Illusion to turn a whole *party* into at-will shapeshifters.

That's why I love illusionists. They can use Seeming + Malleable Illusion to turn a whole *party* into at-will shapeshifters.

Or Greek or Roman-inspired.

Er, those are your words, not mine.

He asked me for my criteria in a subsequent message and I gave it to him. I think it ended up getting cross-posted with his reply since he didn't wait for my response, but that isn't my fault. Why would I ask for ten? Three is sufficient. The three most readily-available examples of the...

Kids these days! That's what happens when you go around putting on strange girdles without checking for curses first.

Sure. He said monotheists have plenty of representation in the media; I asked him to name three examples; he did (well, he named two that fit my criteria and a third which doesn't--but others have subsequently named others that do); I evaluated those examples to see what it says about that...

Wow. Surviving to level 20 would not be my ideal choice of goal for a difficulty metric. Not only does it define success in such a way that it may take months or years to achieve, but it also sets the bar simultaneously so low that "winning" becomes theoretically commonplace because it's easy...

Maybe I was too subtle. Put it this way: I know which of the PCs at my table like to eat corpses. :-P

Oh! And now we have grist for an edition war! Personally, I don't think it makes sense to have paladins of any race besides human or Silvanesti. ;-)

Huh. Maybe it's just my table style, but I know infinitely less about the PCs' romantic and/or sexual preferences than I do about their dietary preferences.

If you're arguing that 1 in 10 people is homosexual, that implies that 1 in 10 of royalty is homosexual. Your argument that tombowing's request is unreasonable because it's asking you "[to] provide evidence of a case where something from medieval times didn't cause any political drama, but was...

"Whataboutism (also known as Whataboutery) is a form of defensive propaganda used to counter criticism (usually from "the West", and usually on blatant human rights abuses) with a "What about...?"—question vaguely, if at all, related to the original issue. It is a specialized red herring version...

Yes. Therefore, what?

Well, kind of. Not in a way that a modern American would recognize though. There'd be a lot less attention paid to who was "gay" and who was "straight", and a lot more attention paid to dominance: who was doing the penetrating and who was being penetrated. It might please the hobgoblin warlord...

@vonklaude, I like that revised definition of "attritional". It's nice and clear. It does hint at a concept of cumulative lethality which might be potentially useful. RE: lethality as 1/5 chance of a death: One of several reasons why my simulation app is still undergoing design revisions is...