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I'm sure at some point someone will create a "non-humanoid" statblock for certain Orcs and Drow. Won't be in the core 5E24 MM... but I'm sure somewhere else someone will make it. Or DMs will just use the 5E14 MM statblocks for them instead. If a DM acquires a statblock from whatever book or...

I suspect we don't see eye-to-eye on what needs to be considered "basic information". And for me... a statblock that has a random assortment of AC, hit points, a speed, six ability scores, a melee weapon, a ranged weapon, and a trait that essentially says they can Dash with a Bonus action...

So you are saying WotC screwed up by removing the Totem Barbarian, four of the Wizard subclasses, the old Stealth rules, and the Trident having the same stats as the Spear? Okay... well, the heart wants what it wants I guess. Best of luck setting up a Transmutation wizard subclass for your...

For me it's always about the story of the fight (or series of fights). How interesting is it? Is it not repetitious? Does everyone experience new things or curious things or wild things or scary things or fun things in it? If the throughline of the fight is interesting for the players (and...

I think the idea is that even if Orcs and Drow were at one point considered potential enemies in editions past... there's no reason to treat them that way now if we also aren't going to treat Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Gnomes, Dragonborn, Tieflings, Halflings, Goliath, Aasimar, etc. etc. the same...

So what? What's the problem? Are you therefore suggesting the game should have set roles for each class again then, since they had them in 4E? Or that the game needs to go back to Base Attack Bonus since that was in 3E? Or THAC0 from 2E? There's a lot of stuff that we had before that is now...

"virtue signal" That is considered potentially charged language that the boards wish to avoid.

But who are you worried for? I would assume not yourself as I imagine you already have the 5E14 MM. Future players? Well, if completely new players come to 5E24 D&D and are taught that Orcs use NPC statblocks... then they learn and become comfortable with using NPC statblocks for Orcs and...

I dunno. What was the point of your post where you said "That is the dumbest thing I have heard with regards to D&D 2024."?

That is an interesting way of looking at it... Limbo being the planar "doorway" to the alternative metacosmos of the Far Realm. It actually makes a little more sense in that way... because the Material Plane does seem to be a little too low-key to survive actually being connected directly to...

Well, thankfully there are dozens of other monster books out there that you can pick up and use as needed that probably will serve your needs. After all... with some people always saying they think WotC monsters are bland and underpowered, you might be better off using non-WotC monster books...

Interesting. I presume then you don't bother with the Elemental Chaos part of the 5E cosmology then and use Limbo in its place? But your reading would lend itself to an interesting conceptual idea that the four Inner Elemental Planes all drift off away from the Material and eventually combine...

If people really need a standard Orc or Lizardman statblock for their games... you can always just use your 5E14 Monster Manual statblock. No one is going to care that you used a product outside of the 5E24 books. Or if you don't want your Lizardman Geomancer to be classified under the...

The article that was just posted here regarding the Aboleth reminded me of a question I've had at one point and I'm curious how others might see it? Please note that I am going to be referring to one of the Great Wheel outer planes, so if you are not a fan of the Great Wheel or don't use it...

No one is required to do everything WotC writes down in their books. You have control of your own campaign. You know how to make magic items for your game? Make this one if it matters that much to you and let the players loot it. Or if you don't? Just have your monsters throw normal...

When I ran it for my players using 5E I want to say they were already 2nd or 3rd level by that point and thus while I leveled up the encounters, the chance of a TPK in the manner you described was not likely. But the players certainly still enjoyed the adventure. The vampiric Gulthias Tree is...

There's a good chance you are absolutely correct.

It's funny... I certainly agree with you to a certain extent, but feel as though their one roadblock facing them to skyrocketing in the public sector like things did in the Stone Cold era is that the thing that is most responsible for their current rise was the removal of Vince McMahon as the...

Yeah, but now he can have Nothing But A Good Time.

Heh, well, that's the real question isn't it? Did he actually devise it entirely by himself? Or was he perhaps given ultimatums from higher-ups to reach certain financial goals and this was one of the only ways he could think of to generate enough of the profit margin that was being thrust...