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You're looking at the present. I'm looking at the future. Yes, they'd try to capitalize in the short term on the popularity of BG3 and the RG world overall. Pump it, even. Put it out there in more and more distantly related products. Lunchboxes. Then makeup. Then car scents. You push the...

See above and see above now. Did you have a specific question?

I will say that Druid is the class I tailor most for my campaign world ... and I do so to give it a more defined role. In my setting, Divine, Arcane and Nature magic are all delivered through the Weave. The Arcane is taken, the Divine is sent, but Nature is accepted as if drinking directly...

They sell things less often because they do get to surge nostalgia - and even some of the sales are about retention of IP (for example, they bought eOne and Lionsgate then sold eOne but kept some of the IP). However, whether they shelve and wait to rebuild it on nostalgia or sell it, the effect...

Hasbro goes up and down - like most companies. The change in the markets is different this time - but it has been different before. Acquiring an IP/product that would have 3X revenue and using their capabilities to give it 10X or 20X revenue is a tradition with Hasbro - and one of the ways...

Go back through their popular IPs of the last 40 years. They push them over and over to the point where they're overexposed. Then they let it fail and then either sell it or essentially shelve it. If they hold onto it, they wait 10 years and then do a nostalgia run when those kids are young...

Most companies act on short term over long term. It is bad for the company, but all the decision makers benefit from short term performance more. Investors want to pump the price of stock and then sell. Executives want their bonus. Lots of companies kill themselves in the long term so that they...

I feel the PHB addresses the role well. What would fill the gap in your opinion?

While there can be some variance and bad luck - but not repeatedly. People can say whatever results they want, but statistically this is unlikely to be even close. Especially if you allow the orc to have basic wisdom and tactics as I discussed in a later post. Yes, a max damage crit or two...

There is a balance. You neither wish to dictate a story to the players where they are just toys in your game, nor do you want to leave a game empty and devoid of the elements of storytelling that make for a compelling tale. To that end, I give myself two roles as a Dungeon Master. The first...

I'm done after this because I keep repeating myself and you're not considering what I am saying. A ravaging orc that can consistently take down four of the people he is raiding with little chance of being taken down is perfectly in line with the lore. That is exactly what you, and the books...

I'm one of the people that thinks that when smart and experienced people have an opportunity to learn from the past, the creations they make tend to be better - and if after 10 years of reflection they decide to continue with the same path and we see widespread support for it, there seems to be...

At less than 5th level you're much better off with the dual attacking than using a cantrip that only gets you a little damage conditionally. Once you hit 5th level it becomes less clear, but when you miss and do absolutely nothing in a round it sucks.

This has been 'litigated' extensively. We won't resolve our disagreement by rekindling it. However, I had a player that forgot what class his character was. I am comfortable with my position. 4E was criticized HEAVILY for the tendency for characters to take a 'choose from the menu' approach...

You're overlooking that I stacked the deck in favor of the commoners. One javelin. No surprise round. The first attack of the orc misses. Sit down and run the scenario over and over and over. See how often the orc goes down. Hint - it won't be often at all. And if you want to make it...

You're really hurting your credibility when you say that people seriously answering those questions would not answer them the same way. In a real scenario, we wouldn't even ask those questions because the answers are obvious.

... ... ... Did I not just demonstrate that 4 commoners do not have a chance against an orc?

Again, that is the difference between academic and practical approaches to these situations. In reality, unless someone is being intentionally obstinate, they'd answer all 4 of those questions in the same basic way.

You're really not seeing this as it is. Do the simulation I suggested. In 5E, this is almost a guaranteed win for the solo orc. Rd 1: Orc throws a javelin at the commoners from somewhere outside the light ring of the fire. It has both advantage and disadvantage - so just an 80% chance of a...

You're looking at this with an academic and theoretical eye - not a practical one. If I took a survey and asked the following questions, the answers would technically be personal preference - but only technically: 1.) Should DMs be asked to spend a lot of time designing combats only to have a...