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I think it comes down to the suspension of disbelief. And, in D&D, we accept a lot. A dragon the size of a small mansion breaths a gout of flame hot enough to melt a castle wall that is up to 90 feet wide and a rogue is standing in the center of it, without cover, and without any protection...

A lot of the lines between realistic and unrealistic are subjective. I could describe things I've seen in (unedited) clips that most people would assume are impossible. To that end, I'd argue that the lines of what a human being could do if they were the epitome of human perfection is likely...

And it would be if the time was committed. If, on the other hand, you can just walk away at any moment, whether you enjoy it or not ... However, this is again another attempt that seems aimed to convince me that the problem occurs. I don't disagree. Again, I am not saying that people don't...

Which is why I called it typical Session 0 stuff.... Sam has said several times explicitly that he is doing something to make it more entertaining. There is no subjectivity or supposition there. And, yeah. Played D&D since the 1970s with over 1000 different people. I don't think they've...

It depends upon what you mean by scripted. Are they reading lines off a teleprompter? No. However, they do have discussions about what they will and will not say on the show. Some of that is just like any typical session 0 stuff "Sam, let's downgrade the sexual assault humor ... Don't...

Nobody is asking them to do anything. It is an offer. There is nothing that is tying them down. The number is daunting is a real thing, but it shouldn't be because it is essentially like not take free money because you're being offered more than you can spend right now.

For the rest I agree - we're on different pages. For the first point - I agree that the reluctance is there ... and it makes sense in environments where you don't have total access to the entire run easily, or there is such a huge variety from which to choose ... But Critical Role is the...

This seems to be a problem like being young too long or having too much money. We have a few examples of them playing non-D&D games ... and there is always a dip in the numbers. Candela Obscura is pulling about a third of what Campaign 3 is pulling - and it has enough of the main cast (with...

I (jokingly) object to this poll on the grounds that it failed to include the first Gem Dragon - Vorel, elder brother to Tiamat and Bahamut. And yes, I know that there is nothing official that explicitly ties Vorel to being a Gem dragon ... but his name means beautiful, and in draconic lore...

Dude! Don't pick on his accent! He comes from the same town that Scooby Do does and they're proud of how they speak! (and don't say that Scooby spoke that way because he was a dog ... all the other dogs spoke clearly).

People have said that for decades without realizing their game: They push for short term gains and trash the IP - then they grab whatever is going to next fill the gap and squeeze it too. Long Term profits is only more important than short term profits when you don't think you'll control the...

It brought a retired party out of retirement at 20th level. Well, it was mostly retired PCs. Critical Role is covered by a union, but the production was not categorized in a way that required them to cease production. Both Actual Play and Creator Owned projects had different treatment under...

I don't think they would do it again anytime soon. You have to be able to sell your setting to players, and we're such a divided fanbase (and world) that anything you do is going to be offensive to someone. They have established IP - they're better off running with it. If they held the...

I have two answers here: 1.) For a published adventure - only in very limited circumstances. If you have an NPC that is supposed to spend prolonged time with the PCs, I think it is wise to give the NPC some depth so that they don't get boring or turn into one liners and comic relief. If that...

We're going back and forth - and all I am seeing is people holding true to a premise despite the metrics that indicate their belief does not hold up. Good luck to you.

Well, if people overwhelmingly used the wizard over the fighter on DnDbeyond... if the surveys taken by WotC of the wider populace revealed that people preferred the wizard to the fighter by a large margin ... if I was at tables and people were systemically not enjoying playing fighters because...

There was a mission statement. A mission statement is a ststement of how you intend to solve a problem. This is literally asking how to fix something. Think about that statement you just made. You're saying you want to fix the disparity without resolving the question of whether the disparity...

I'd normally pass this up without a thought, but they used comic book trappings for psionics on their cover ... and I've long said the psionics work best when we emulate comic book characters with them. I may have to give it a look...

You're not saying they don't know better - you're saying they think fighter better fits their character idea even though more experienced players know there may be better options. Check. You could say a cleric is defined by prayer, a rogue by stealth, or a wizard by spells. There is a lot more...

Geesh. This place is a broken record. Why do people keep insisting that the game is horriby broken when it is the most successful edition in history. If you can't fix it, perhaps it just isn't broken. An insane number of people have enjoyed playing every class and every race in 5E. Some are...