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In my experience at the table, the answer and most important litmus is success percentage. It really means nothing if the PCs are OP, underpowered, someone has a powerful magic item, etc. so long as you understand that normally you want to give the players a 45%-70% chance of succeeding at...

You got doggos? Kitty cats? Crazy cool stuff like iguanas? Wull I wanna see em! Here's my own offering, he's only the cutest organism on the planet imo: His name is Redford and he's some kind of dachshund and spaniel mix.

Now that you're talking about literal crutches, it reminds me how characters with physical disabilities can be fun and interesting. I've always been fond of sometimes adding more severe kinds of flaws to my own PCs in order to explore how that "flaw" can be a positive story telling element.

Yes, yes... you almost kidnapped me yourself when you got to the kidnapping part, hueh hueh hueh.

Coincidentally, I'm having that very kind of experience right now. My sister in law's sister and her husband are both new players, and she had never played that kind of game before. He helped her make a fighter and she has had a blast. In fact in the first session she made an intimidation check...

Well, seeing as 5E already appears to have a reputation for being combat focused, I figure that you're right and the players, not the edition, determine the balance of RP and combat. In my own group, too, regardless of whether we use 3rd or 5th (imo 3rd is even more combat focused), the play is...

Lol you're kind of describing a ton of the splat books TSR published for AD&D. Worth mentioning that without some of that overly complex stuff we might not have the paladin or barbarian class.

You're right, it isn't necessarily bad if D&D is more combat focused. It's never been so bad (at least in most groups?) that it warranted the stereotypes people had about it in the 90s and early 2000s when other RPGs began to proliferate more, thanks to the rise of digital publishing. Back then...

Were you possibly inspired by Ymir the Norse creator god/giant, whose corpse is the universe? Also I was enthused to read how you're inserting steampunk themes into the Imperium and its use of magical technology. Oh and I hope my setting was even half as fun for you guys, as these have been...

This is super cool and reminds me of an old campaign where I had a world map from the start, but I kept marking it and adding new names and places to the map key.

Agreed. However we can own and appreciate and have some pride in them too. I'm glad I come from my kind of family and have been fortunate enough to have good and interesting experiences. We come from a musical family. I.e. super musicology focused, people who have worked in orchestras and...

I think what Umbran really means, is that whether or not we're always aware, there are little wrinkles of our own unique cultural upbringings that have their influence on the shape of our ethos, our world, and more importantly our use of language and mannerisms. Even when the creator simply...

Man, your heroes and villains are a grab bag of different sources. I love the ones that have an anime art style that's something I really dig for my NPCs sometimes. I'd want to mess with Kojiro the baseball bat guy. Then we get to the locations and I'm thinking "okay, ummm... dang it after I...

On that account we can definitely agree, the Castle you see on Netflix is plenty evil.

Lol that makes them sound like a perfect example of why I haven't gone to bars for years. Least interesting group of people you've ever seen in your life.

Oh, we were discussing various characters and what makes an evil character. The Punisher was a side tangent but in principle they were trying to discuss what makes a character evil.

Two different Punishers. Not sure why there's disagreement when both agree that there are different Punishers.

Thank you, that's very helpful. It's difficult phrasing things right and I've always struggled with language, especially when it comes to tone. I didn't mean for the options to sound derogatory. Maybe a little too late now but I inserted a more neutral option.