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Oh, cool! I used to read the Phantom Phoneme's adventures every Sunday in the newspaper comics section.

Just off the top of my head... Allowing evil characters unless both of the following are true: 1) Everyone in the group knows each other well, and 2) There's a discussion in advance in which the entire group agrees on where the limits are (particularly involving intra-party conflict). And even...

See, I thought we were talking gaming-specific peeves. If the topic is broader, then this would've been one of my first comments. I want to actually electrocute people who write "would of" or the like.

... Were you gaming with Gollum? :-S

I want to scream every time someone uses "dice" as a singular. "Roll one dice." No! (I've never seen the rulebooks do this, thankfully, but players do it all the freakin' time.)

Not to put too fine a point on it, but if one is seeking to atone for something committed in public, something that is part of a publicly recognized pattern of problematic behavior in the industry, something that the public is calling you out/boycotting you for? Then the steps you are taking to...

I am not Abstruse, but I know him outside of his position as a columnist here at ENWorld, and I can 100% assure you that he will never, ever stop posting about, or calling people out for, sexual harassment, abuse, or assault in the industry. He will report what he's learned, and he will correct...

Hey, guys, just a quick note. Please be careful with abbreviations. FGG (Frog God Games) is a very different company from FFG (Fantasy Flight Games). On matters of this sensitivity, it's important to make sure you're referring to the proper entity.

Huh. I actually prefer "gloom." I like that it has a different sound; we've got lots of "shadow-this" and "dark-that" in the game already. It's actually the "stalker" part I'm not crazy about. I have no idea if I'll like the subclass; I don't remember a thing about the prior versions. I just...

And what you're reading now is "something being done." These discussions? They're not platitudes and they're not "virtue signaling." (God, I despise that term.) They draw attention to the bad actors. They warn people away from working with them. They cost them business. It's a personal and...

1) Given what these women go through, I am not remotely surprised that many of them don't bring charges, or want to draw official attention. 2) Harassment that doesn't reach the level of criminal is still a violation. And your room for judging the victims in either case, no matter who you know...

I've already preordered XGtE from Amazon, and don't regret it. Would I have preferred some content other than lists of names for those pages? Yes, absolutely. Would I have preferred they not reprint subclasses from SCAG? Again, very much. In fact, I'd prefer to see nothing reprinted from book...

The corollary to this is that if people understood the value of a dollar, they would recognize that RPG books have been under-priced for most of the lifespan of the hobby. Yes, really. You can throw "demand" and "what the market will bear" at me if you like, but the fact is, relative to the...

Is that still a rule in 5E? If so, I either missed or forgot it. Either way, it made for a fun ending to the combat. :)

Honestly, I'd probably have both worms take some damage before the first was regurgitated in the first situation. In the second, I'd probably let them just kill the worm that way. Rule of cool, and since there are saves involved, it's not an automatic "I win" button for all combats. In fact...

Offer him another bottle of whatever he was drinking when he designed those socks in the first place. :p

I also have to add that I have yet to meet anyone, in person or, so far as I remember, even online, who felt that the UA options were as official as printed options, or who demanded they be included in a game. Anecdotal, sure, but it's not like UA isn't completely clear on what it is and isn't.

Even if WotC increased their player offerings (subclasses, races, feats, etc.) five times over, 5E would still not be Pathfinder 2.0. The core mechanical assumptions and systems are different. 5E is simpler, PF is more comprehensive and detailed. Some people will prefer one, some the other, but...

Ah. I should have realized that, by the many times you mentioned it prior to this point when arguing for how easy it would be.

I'll tell you something else, speaking as a designer. Sometimes, you float something easy, simple, even lazy, just to see if there's interest, and if so, how much. You spend an hour whipping up something serviceable, but no more, to see if it's worth spending longer at it. That's what...