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There's a word for misusing language in this way, in fact. It's called "Equivocation".

That's kind of the root of the issue. The basic ruleset is designed to be independent of social context. Social context is something the DM or adventure/game world authors put in. And I've personally always interpreted the rules about building a castle and attracting retainers at level X to...

Mayor is as close to it gets to leadership in the shire, short of being the Thain - the military leader in the shire. It is more power than either Bilbo or Frodo ever held; the latter of which the blogger nevertheless refers to as a "gentleman".

He misses quite a lot of things. For example: Here, he seems to be confusing the base ruleset, which is designed to fit multiple possible game worlds, or generalized adventures (also designed to be adapted to multiple worlds) with a specific setting. Greyhawk, for example, has the Great...

Blink dog saliva? Or fur.

Like a Biology degree and nursing school.

I'm pretty damn sure I don't.

I write stuff as a guy with a bit of physiology and medical training.

Human, by the handle, yes, and isn't that a self-contradictory statement?

Pretty much nope all around. Anatomically speaking, what we call physical strength is based on muscle; possible also including the learned ability to effectively apply muscle. The traits that fall under Dexterity involve fine motor coordination, opposition muscles, suppleness of ligaments and...

You could put them through one of those classic video game questionnaires where you ask them some vague questions about outlook on life and then build characters based on that. Or possibly ask them to come up with say 5 rough character concepts (each) that they wouldn't mind playing and then...

I might ahem possibly have a few deceased psions stored in an appropriate location. Whaddya got to trade?

Just my 2 coppers, but... IMO if you want the fact of elves being villains to have some sort of dramatic subversion effect, you kind of need to keep some population of them around. And/or strongly consider letting PCs make elven or part-elven characters. So you can slowly add trickles of...

Clearly they got @Ancalagon to click since he knows that the articles are terrible, so apparently the algorithm works just fine.

Wow, this all sounds like an awful lot of carnage in a short amount of time.

Hmm. Perhaps. Robert E. Howard, originator of the Conan stories and much of the "barbarian" stereotype in fantasy literature consistently portrayed less-"civilized" tribes like his fictional representation of the Cimmerians and Picts (despite their apparent villainy) as possessing some deeper...

Beyond the dubious legality, this is almost certainly hazardous for your back. Also, the potential screaming.

My apologies for the delayed editing 😚

IMO, the Arcane Trickster tends to be the most well-rounded and versatile rogue subclass (partly depending on your spell picks) if that's on the table. There are a fair few feats that work well with rogues. If you are willing to engage in melee, can manage a decent AC, and have another PC who...

There are reports of sea raids in the Baltic and Mediterranean going back millenia. One of the Ramses (2nd or 3rd?) wrote a passage on a stele bragging about how his army cleverly lured raiders inland where they could be separated from their boats.