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Awesome! And definitely well deserved! The effect of the streaming games is incredible. (Although it will be tricky figuring out who gets to keep it and for long until next year)

There is a lot of fuzzy math here comparing between comparing sales numbers to active players and and 3e’s sales in the first year (with sales numbers still increasing) to 5e sales active players after several years of growth, not to mention the words “counting every edition” are never mentioned...

Well, not sure about that claim about 3e and 4e players (my anecdata says it’s more 50/50 “new to 5e” vs “3e” but my anecdata is useless and I haven’t seen hard numbers from WotC). :) However, from what unscientific internet polls on a variety of sites have shown, that when asked about favorite...

Although, to be fair, people have been claiming there's rumors that Hasbro is on the verge of selling off some or all of WotC since the day they bought them.

So as someone who has zero background in M:tG, but is really excited about this - are there any good sources to get some background on Ravnica (other than just digging through pages of Google results)? I see there is a novel trilogy and novella trilogy - those any good? I have no idea how much...

Nice try, but I think a massive amount of the several hundred messages in this thread are debating whether that thing is actually a spade or not. ;) Hand waving away the entire discussion convinces no one. And that is as logically contradictory as a 3-sided square. Cheating means breaking the...

Exactly!! If everybody at the table agrees to it - it's not cheating. That's been my definition all along. It seems the simplest and most intuitive.

No, it’s really a cleverly hidden Carl Jung reference meaning we will have more archetypes (aka subclasses) soon!

It’s meant to look like the logo, but a later photo shows that it is from “Summer” because Nathan Stewart admittedly likes to be playful with teasing fake clues just to mess with us. At this point, unless he says something officially (or I suppose it’s fully mocked up like that PHB cover) don’t...

Interesting idea, but we’ve been moving towards more simplicity than complexity (e.g. switching to 5e from PF). Also, when our DMs do fudge numbers, it’s actually pretty rare. At a guess, maybe once or twice every 2 or 3 sessions. But it’s an interesting rule for groups to consider.

Maybe it's getting lost in all of the posts, but I tried to explain several times that we 1) are very open about the practice happening in general and do not hide it, and 2) yes, we actually will occasionally announce when we fudge things. I even listed specific examples earlier including...

That's my main point - if the players wouldn't be ok if they knew about it, then don't do it. (I'm not talking about every instance. I'm talking about being open about the practice in general.) If anyone at the table is doing anything that they feel they need to hide from everyone else, then...

There’s certainly a mix of “product of their time” and “even sexist for back then.” For example, during that time period, I was still being taught in school that using only masculine pronouns was grammatically correct. So I wouldn’t fault them for that, it was unfortunately publishing standard...

The issue of a possible double-standard is good one. For me, there seems to be two relevant pieces. One, it comes down to what I said earlier that it all depends on what the entire group would think if they knew. Maybe I’m in the minority here, but in my groups that have DM fudging, we are...

For one thing, I think there is an important distinction between what's good for the characters versus what's good for the players. Things that are very bad for the characters can make it fun for the players. :) When DMs fudge in games I play in, it may be beneficial or harmful to the...

A lot of it is starting to sound pretty accusatory that those who are fine with DM fudging are bad and wrong. However, I've also found it amusing to see more accusations of "sophistry" in this thread than in my philosophy classes. ;)

Simple - the DMs I play with do NOT keep it secret. If you don’t want it at your games, that’s fine. But if a group agrees amongst ourselves that it is acceptable we’re not suddenly having badwrongfun. Play the game how you like and let other groups play how they like. Edit to add: In my games...

The Pirate Dedication and Gray Maiden Defication feats are examples. Each is a gateway to the other archetype feats but still grant benefits of their own. I dunno how much their benefit is compared to other feats, but they are beneficial feats on their own beyond just opening up the archetype...

Thanks for this explanation! That makes a lot of sense.

I don't know about labels but there is a massive difference between a player lying about a dice roll or number to personally benefit themselves and a DM lying about a dice roll or number (either in or against the PC's favor) to keep the game interesting and benefit everyone's fun. More simply...