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Yeah, I was always dubious about 10 lambasting Harriet over the whole "kill bad guys" thing- the Doctor has done worse, before and since, to his enemies. Seven arranging for Skaro's destruction via the Hand of Omega? Ten himself imprisoning the Family of Blood forever? Or attempting to...

If we're arguing about the morality of the government in the Whoverse, I think it's pretty obvious it's pretty messed up. Just look at Torchwood. Or more specifically, Children of Earth, where the government was complicit in handing over children to the 456.

We are talking about a game where you could buy a ladder and sell it as a pair of 10' poles to make a profit, right? I don't think a critical examination of how wealth works in 3.x is going to get anyone anywhere. The WBL rules exist as an attempt (not really a great one, sadly) to balance...

I mean, strictly speaking, having greater skill at something than anyone on Earth probably should be a super power. I guess it comes down to, there's no way to prove that it is- there's no super soldier serum, weird genetic code, or physical mutation that someone could point to. If Hawkeye or...

Maybe it's just my spell selection, but on my Wizard, the 3rd-level spell slots are more valuable than my 4th-level ones. I can usually toss out a slow or fireball in most combats, but my polymorph and sickening radiance have more niche uses (I tend to use polymorph if someone is low on hit...

If the best rules are "DM decides", then why do we need rulebooks at all?

The only magic store that even remotely made sense to me was Chemcheaux, from 2e's Encyclopedia Magica, with the actual magic items being stored in a warehouse on a demiplane and with crazy magical defenses. Generally in my campaigns, you can expect a few magic items to be laying around, but...

Away from books, but basically, if you fail an attack roll or saving throw (I think it's just those two), you can earn 1 luck (max 1/turn). You can add luck on a 1 for 1 basis to attacks or saving throws after the die is rolled but before the results are known or you can spend 3 luck to just...

And it's not a problem for everyone. I completely acknowledge this. When 3.e was in playtesting, they took a lot of steps to make playing casters less of a chore, and saw no problems, because everyone was using their magic to blast or heal. Then people started playing the game and realized...

In my experience, it comes down to two things: 1- "Martial" classes (ie, ones that are intended to solve problems with more mundane means, like Attack Actions and skill checks) can encounter situations where neither of these is sufficient to the task. Look, I know that someone is going to tear...

Lol, you reminded me of a 3.5 meme:

ChatGPT? EDIT: I should have said Gleemax, lol.

Ok, so, in conclusion- 1) Magic as it exists cannot be balanced against anything that isn't magic. 2) Not enough people want to reign in the power of magic, "because it wouldn't be magic". 3) Many people want to play characters who do not use magic (this includes doing anything that they...

Like say, 3.5's Skill Tricks from Complete Scoundrel?

I remember the WotC forums (remember when those were a thing?) had a stickied thread about the "Rules of Hidden Club" just to explain to people what was going on with the new Stealth rules. What I really hated was when my players would take a utility power designed for the older Stealth rules...

Does anyone remember the 3.5 "split casters", who would use one ability score to determine how many spells they can prepare, and a separate ability score to calculate save DC's? Fantasy Craft had something similar to that going on, though I'm currently fuzzy about how it worked, I just know...

Thing is though, when the black books came out, there was a lot of consternation that it might be a new edition- the loudest voices among the playerbase didn't want that, and if you check, there's a section early on in the PHB saying "relax, this isn't 3rd edition!". And then when the Option...

.Is a +2 to initiative really so big a deal that it should be gated?

Hackers being Wizards is a long-established (and terrible) trope that the entertainment industry seems really loath to let go. Sometimes you need a deus ex machina, and since apparently the average consumer has no idea how computers really work, it's one many people will accept, especially with...