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That exact quote? I imagine no (but wouldn't be surprised if it existed somewhere). It's more of a general cultural and societal malaise prevalent in subsections of America -especially on social media platforms. For additional context, it is recommended to refer to the entirety of my previous...

Multiple things can be true at the same time. Did Gygax hold ideas that would be deemed sexist by today's standards? Yes, and his own writing admits to that. Does Tiamat being female prove sexism and embody a sexist trope? No, not at all. If I had to guess, it seems more likely that Bahamut...

I wouldn't necessarily say it's a turnoff, but I do believe that it would create an extra level of abstraction and distance from the game for me. I often have difficulty in conversations that draw a line between fluff and crunch. To me, they should have a coherent relationship, and one doesn't...

Plasmoid Barbarian

Somewhere between 3 & 4, but edging more toward 4 and Khajiit. There may be a few features from 5 mixed in, but they are not monstrous.

I'm not anti-playing online when need be. I simply prefer in-person and spending actual time with my friends. I've never had DDB because (for me personally,) I didn't feel it offered the experience that I wanted. Plenty of people do want it. For those people, I hope that what it offers...

I wouldn't say that I necessarily agree with how the rules works (in terms of how I would prefer they work). I'm only commenting on how I perceive them to work, as currently constructed. It gets even weirder when you try to wrap your head around how invisibility works and whether or not you...

Sure, the Helping is active; the perception of the helpee is passive. Sure, the helper has disadvantage on any of their rolls -of which there aren't any.

Party pairs up in teams, with one person doing the passive perception and one taking the help action to gain advantage. Advantage and disadvantage cancel out, so the scouts are all full passive perception in the dark.

I think it's a good idea for the community to share content. Do you have links to your written content?

🤷‍♂️ I can't speak for anyone else. For me, my plan is to buy 3 physical books from a local gaming store.

Not yet. And, in the context of the comments to which I replied, It seemed we were.

🤷‍♂️ I know people who change the frame around their social media photo to show that (in their mind) they are doing their part to combat a real-world issue. I don't think it's a particularly large leap from that societal mindset to wanting to pay extra for a product that neither tangibly exists...

Thank you for sharing. Even if I agreed with the last part of your post, I don't believe the choices to be 100% or 0%. For the sake the conversation, let's say that my only possible choice is to play D&D. Okay, sure, that means I have to purchase the books from the company (WoTC) publishing...

Question: For those viewing WoTC's business model as unethical, what have you done in the past 1 year, past 5 years, or past 10 years to financially support companies who are (in your view) ethical? Note: I'm passing no judgment on WoTC either way. I only want to know what steps consumers of...

🤷‍♂️ I've tuned out of a lot of the UAs for a while. In a way, that's partially true of D&D in general over the past few years. I knew that 2024 would be the new rules set, so I didn't particularly see the point in picking up books that were a half-step between the two versions of the game...

Are you open to trying proficiency dice instead of flat bonuses?

I believe that Medieval Fantasy strikes a good balance between a) being a large sandbox into which many concepts fit and b) having enough familiar tropes to add some easily-understood rules, general guidelines, and shared expectations. A game of imagination should have flexibility. A shared...

Honest question. I know what the word means in day-to-day use. I don't know what it means, how it is used, or how it functions in play for D&D 5th Edition. Should I be asking dishonest questions?

What's a "Bastion"?