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That's your assertion and one that seems entirely based on ignorance. Sentient human-like beings in fiction are very clearly stand-ins for humans with the whole "not technically a human" being used only to explain away having super powers. The character Wolverine from X-Men is technically "not a...

Well-- perhaps not if no "not technically human" humans were available for play, but if others are available-- then I think it is pretty obviously so. Also-- I don't know why virtually all of the fairy creatures from Asia (and Africa and the Americas, come to think of it) pretty much boil down...

That +1 on D20 rolls makes a big difference in one's percentage chance of success. If the person with the +1 needs a 10 to succeed, the person without has 10% less chance of succeeding. If the person with the +1 needs a 15 to succeed, the person without the +1 has a 20% less chance of success...

I really don't see much of an issue here. I honestly think there is a better argument for ranged attacks to use Wisdom for attack bonus and damage bonus when it comes to ranged attacks. The stat that covers perception and willpower, thus breath control, has a lot more to do with accurately...

Probably different definitions of "inclusivity" then. Because to me, it seems like the issue is "people want to play any race as any class with any skin color or gender and not be significantly penalized for it." That would be inclusivity within the game. If you are focused at inviting a wider...

I think it is a surprisingly balanced and understanding take on the situation. Often you have reporters come in from outside of a hobby and entirely misrepresent it or sensationalize their story, but this article does seem to be laying out what the whole community discussion over the past month...

And if "strength" was only used precisely when "strength" was called for-- pushing a boulder or breaking a chain, then it really wouldn't be a problem. The issue is more "Should the Goblin or Gnome Fighter/Barbarian/Paladin have the same chance to hit and have the same bonus output as the Orc...

More people played D&D in the 5 years after 3.0 launched than were playing in the 5 years before WotC bought the game. The late 1990s was a dead era for D&D. The game would have effectively ended in 1995 with a decreasing number of people playing it afterwards. The revised handbooks and the...

A few D&D settings have ways to allow for human-friendly goblinoids and orcs written into their core. It was perfectly possible and reasonable to see in Forgotten Realms since the settings inception. In Al-Qadim, they were just regular citizens like everyone else. In Kingdoms of Kalamar, there...

I think it is no longer so much in vogue as it was 10 years ago. In the 1980s, Dune and Mad Max were popular so Dark Sun was most relevant. There were also Saturday morning cartoons then and so Dragonlance, which very much had the feel of one with very cartoony characture races and a strong...

For more than half my life, I have wanted to play as a goblinoid race simply because I thought they looked like a fun extension of humanity without facing discrimination, but never have. Every edition there is screwed me over in my desire to play a goblinoid character and told me that I am...

Would you really expect a power-lifter to drop after you punch them once in a fight? The David vs. Golliath story indicates more David being skillful and getting a critical hlt, but perhaps most of all is an arguement that a halfling and a golliath getting the same attack and damage bonus as...

Every edition has given characters a massive penalty for playing an "orc" or "drow" or "hobgoblin" or "goblin", so how could you possibly justify this statement? Having such "monster abilities" has never been an advantage, it has already always been punished and there are at least three posters...

I this still feels like the biggest barrier to D&D forging ahead is the 6 arbitrarily decided ability scores. If I were to look outside of the D&D system, I have trouble finding any character who would have a high strength and low constitution or low constitution and high strength. Those who...

Given the rather hostile reaction I got to my ideas, I am thinking there is no possible way to fix D&D so that people can play whatever character concept they want and still have a positive experience and contribute meaningfully to the party's success. The whole culture of munchkin min-maxers...

These all sound good. Two more things I would add... Divorce ability scores from attack bonus, damage bonus and class mechanics. You will get a wider variety of characters if people raise their Dexterity or Strength because they imagine their characters to be agile or powerful and want to...

Why it fundamentally fails in its current role, form and execution is key to finding a way to fix it. When something is wrong with you, do you go to the doctor who says "let's cut you open and do the usual thing" before remotely diagnosing the problem? When you have a serious issue with your...

I don't really like alignment because it is rarely a good metric of anything at all. If you take a character with enough stories written about them like Batman, for example, one could argue them to be just about any alignment even though the character has consistent motivations. No character who...

MMORPGs put the combat element of table top RPGs on steroids, putting it through thousands of iterations in a short period of time. The consensus is-- no one wants to be in a group with a tank (or any other role) that is 10-20% worse because they masochistically decided to try to play the class...

I am not really sure what the point of this is. As a Rogue, you still need to max out your Dexterity bonus for the best possible AC, for Initiative bonus, for Stealth and Acrobatics bonus and for the most common save you are going to make across the game. So granting someone the ability to use...