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Can I just point out that you two are arguing semantics on something that does not and--at least for the lifespan of this edition (and probably beyond)--never will exist in the game? :p

Can I just point out that you two are arguing semantics on something that does not and--at least for the lifespan of this edition (and probably beyond)--never will exist in the game? :p

Am I the only one who tried to keep track of so many options that I would occasionally run out of fingers, or forget which finger was the most recent decision point? :o

Oh, sure. But by the same token, a party with a bard and a warlock can probably do without a wizard. A party with a barbarian and a ranger can probably do without a fighter. And so forth. I think 5E just dialed the cleric's "necessity meter" back down to a good match with the others; I don't...

Clerics are still far and away the best healers. In all the 5E campaigns I've played in or seen, almost all of them have had a cleric.

I'm so sorry. Take all the time you need, and take care of yourself.

Has anyone said anything, one way or the other, about slaadi? It'd make sense, if we're getting more law-oriented creatures (i.e. the inevitables, who really seem, to me, to be related to the modrons in this edition), that we'd be getting more chaos-oriented ones as well. I'm still hoping for...

Exactly. First you stop the bleeding, then you worry about everything else. Or, in non-metaphorical terms, first you stop the harassment. Then (maybe) you start getting into the different reasons why people were harassing, and see if any of them can be salvaged. But stopping the harm is...

The combination of big eye and tiny protruding wings from various spots makes me think the maruts (and presumably other inevitables) are "modron enforcers" in this edition. Or at least related to the modrons in some fashion, beyond both being creatures of law.

I could be wrong, but I'm about 90% sure that "panels" is just a typo for "penalties."

It's not a label. It's a scary truth women have to live with. "Lots of men are harassers, and many aspects of our society teach them that it's okay. I do not know this man. Therefore, he is potentially a harasser." (Note that word. "Potentially." They haven't labeled you anything, they merely...

Not even remotely analogous. Both terrorists and victims of terrorism represent a fraction of a fraction of a percentage of any possible demographic you could name. And in most cultures, the society as a whole frowns on such things. (Plus, at least in the US, the group that people think is most...

You can't possibly prove that without cold-calling everyone who's ever said the word "statistic." :lol:

Calling you a "potential harasser" isn't a personal attack. As far as she's concerned, you are. As far as she's concerned, so am I. So is any man she doesn't know well and trust. That's the entire point, and the entire problem in our hobby, and our society, that needs fixing. Like it or not...

In fact, unless one discounts their statement that the gaming population is larger than ever before, a good portion of the players must, by definition, not be experienced with past version of the game. Also, they've already said that their research shows that streaming games have brought a...

Wait, now people are claiming it's not even SPF who posted in this thread? The man has a Facebook account, among other internet footprints, and he's posted some of the exact same things there, as well as actually discussing his participation in this thread. And he writes (or did write) for...

Agreed. I didn't see the playtest sorcerer myself, but from what I've heard, it would've been more interesting than what we got. (The sorcerer is one of the few 5E classes I'm truly "meh" on.) Wasn't there something substantially different about warlocks, too?

Because personal anecdote and opinion trump data and statistics. C'mon, Morrus, you should've been briefed on that fact when you joined us over on the "Sensitive Apologists Who Foolishly Refuse to Disbelieve Everything We Hear" faction.

Skepticism is fine in its place, but what we see on these threads every single time this topic comes up crosses the line into genuine paranoia, often paired with what comes across as a deliberate effort to piss on other people's enjoyment. It's tired and it's ugly, and worst of all--and the...

And based on my observations, the 40% mark is accurate or maybe even a little low. Hey, guess what? Neither your personal observations nor mine mean a damn thing in this case, because individual anecdotes are not data, and outliers are a thing. A common thing, even. I swear to Boccob, it's...