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Does anyone know if there's an app that can tell when an image is generated by an AI? I'm planning on publishing a large RPG sourcebook on a shoestring budget, and I would love to use some (ethical, non-AI) stock art. Unfortunately, based on what I'm seeing in this thread, I can only assume...

Is it the sorcerer? It's the sorcerer, isn't it? [/me being facetious]

Well, there are also Druids currently living in the real world, so...

The logical part of my brain is reserving judgment on this whole situation. The creative part of my brain is imagining the following conversation taking place in a Netflix boardroom: Netflix Suit #1: "Bad news guys. The screenwriters' strike is over and we have to pay them for their work, now."...

You are correct. It was 4e where gnolls were playable. (And here I was, thinking I didn't remember anything from 4e.)

I can't speak to 4e, but gnolls were Humanoids in MM 2014. They were even playable Humanoids in Volo's Guide to Monsters. But when the Volo's stat blocks were reprinted in MotM, gnolls became Monstrosities. EDIT: Apparently, I can speak to 4e. When I was thinking of gnolls being playable, it...

Regarding species being assigned alignments: I noticed in Monsters of the Multiverse that WotC now states in every Humanoid stat block that members of the species in question can belong to any alignment. Except gnolls, who are apparently so Chaotic Evil, the book retcons them to be Chaotic Evil...

I'm enjoying reading everyone's posts. Thanks for all the insightful responses.

That's a fair point. I've seen posters dissecting the "Tieflings of Many Worlds" section, which strongly implies that tieflings are descendants of heroes who fought against Fiends. But as you correctly observe, many of the Fiendish Legacy options come with some dark and edgy lore. If the 2024...

Even if we assume the game was describing Humans as they exist in real-life, a racist trope is a racist trope. If the rule for game authors is, "Don't rely upon racist tropes when describing people," authors shouldn't get a free pass to rely upon racist tropes when describing people in their own...

Wait, what? Per your prior posts in this thread, you believe the mere existence of three lineages within the elf species is inherently racist, but you have no problem calling out one and only one playable species as "the most violent and dangerous of all natural creatures" in your proposed...

Regarding the two “half-species” under discussion in this thread, I’ve been wondering something. I’ve seen some reasonable arguments for the inclusion of half-elves (possibly renamed) as a core option in PHB 2024. I’m not seeing as much advocacy for half-orcs. Is this partly because the...

I am curious to know what people who enjoy reading about, playing in, and/or running the Forgotten Realms setting like the most about it. What elements of this massive kitchen-sink setting really click for you, personally? What do you find most interesting or inspiring? I am aware that some...

If the World Tree barbarian got shamanic visions instead of attacking vines, it would be would be strong contender for one of my favorite subclasses. The barbarian could benefit from a dedicated warrior-shaman subclass.

The subclass wants us to think the World Tree elements are the point. Then it shoehorns the World Tree theme onto a Groot barbarian feature that has nothing to do with the World Tree except they both involve vegetation. To me, this subclass feels like it's two different, plant-themed subclasses...

Agreed. Why must every official D&D jungle setting be a fantasy retelling of “Heart of Darkness,” where the indigenous people are two-dimensional stereotypes designed to be foils for foreign explorers instead of being the main characters in their own story? Either that or it’s the old RPGA...

But why do the roots and branches these World Tree barbarians are channeling have to sprout out of their weapons, and only out of their weapons? Can't the World Tree just manifest branches and roots at range, without having some arbitrary anchor to a weapon? Per the subclass write-up, apparently...

That's certainly fair. But I don't think the subclass write-up was doing itself any favors by specifically calling out "the cosmic ash tree Yggdrasil" by name. If the designers wanted to avoid creating any confusion between the generic D&D World Tree and the viking-adjacent world tree Yggdrasil...

By all means, discuss what WotC must do to make you and your community feel included. I just request that you please refrain from absolutist rhetorical statements that advocate on behalf of broad demographic categories, as some of your prior posts seem to be doing. To the limited extent that we...