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Both. And I am not sure a "yaaactually, in the Star Wars Extended Universe..." comment given that the franchise is centered on movies and in the movies we can see that the Empire and Rebellion are both led and made up of mostly humans. The Imperium was made up of humans with British accents and...

I wonder which type of world would work better.... One that is like Star Trek where races mostly live separate and are very much antagonistic, everyone has their "hat" which pretty much defines their culture-- but while their cultures might have some very serious negative aspects, they also...

I think the traditional PC races could EASILY be villains in their own rights rather than the traditional "just be bandits". Making the reasons they are the antagonists tie into what is already known about the race will make it feel so much more organic. Bandit works well for the races who don't...

So I suppose you are also against drug addicts being denied drugs until they sober up or finish going through withdrawl? Because they generally aren't going to be asking to get free of the addiction, particularly once the withdrawl symptoms begin kicking in.

I think removing what is effectively something between hypnosis and a drunken state can't really be compared to a medical procedure. At worst it would be like giving someone medication for a mental illness. You aren't replacing the curse with a different curse, you would just be putting them...

It seems one is dealing with a lawful evil society in such a case. Permanently maiming someone so that they can no longer be a functional and productive worker just doesn't make sense in a Lawful Good or Lawful Neutral society. A LN society would probably force the child to work for the...

Wouldn't a Lawful Good character generally just pay for the bread themself to resolve the situation. That way the merchant gets the money to support their family and the child gets the food to support their family. Its not like any adventurer is ever going to be short on funds, so it isn't even...

What I am taking exception to is that you are saying that we can't have all the fairy folk that people of Japan, Korea, China, Mongolia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Nepal, Indonesia, India, etc. said lived in their forests and mountains and rivers. Or-- as many of them as can fit because these are...

I've never liked that only the races who were PC races in 3rd edition got to have Dragon Marks. I always found that a bit concerning?.... Dull....? Well, whatever it is, I kind of think they ought to have left the door open for a Hobgoblin Dragon Mark or an Ogre Dragon Mark and a Rakshasha...

So I assume that the creatures from the stated mythology of the book would all just be "monsters", correct? All necessarily evil. So to you-- the point of having a D&D game that takes place in a setting that is based on the mythology of other cultures.... Is to literally have the creatures...

If one is trying to sell a new setting based on another mythology, how on earth does it make sense to take all the fairy people that they said lived in their forest and mountains, toss it all into the trash can and declare: "We decided that Nordic is core. So now all mythologies MUST have...

So, because European mythology is "core", all Asian mythology should be thrown out and instead of drawing all the races who are companions to humans from Asian mythology, the European mythological races with all their Eurocentric assumptions should be imposed on the setting. Basically meaning...

I don't have a full version written, but here are some ideas I have for the Orc in terms of non-combat abilities. They are super good at surviving in harsh terrain, particularly snowy terrain, but not exclusively. They should definitely have inherit training in Survival if not some aspects of...

Is it absolutely necessary to stick with the races that were made up back in 2nd Edition? Why not Kappa, Tengu, Oni, Snow-Spirits, Fox-Spirits, Tanuki, Nekomata, Dokkaebi, Mogwai, Vanara, Naga, Rakshasha... There is quite a range of options with unique character and aspects beyond the very...

Right, the change in era happens when the emperor changes. Although Japan between the period when the American ships forced open the ports to the end of World War II is better treated as a distinctly different period of time than Japan after World War II. There wasn't much about Japanese culture...

I would assume that it would because there are very few people who can cast 3rd level spells, very few of those who could would care about the cause of uncursing the goblinkind and even when you do have someone who would-- they can cast like... one first level spell a day. Think about just how...

I feel like that has already been done with the standard Fighter class. If you go with a Strength-based Fighter, then you are going to want heavy armor and a polearm/heavy weapon. If you go with a Dexterity-based Fighter then you are going to want minimal armor and use only a rapier or a rapier...

Hobgoblins are already cursed with a racial stat entry that makes it so you are functionally taking a huge penalty if you play one as anything but a Wizard, Warlock or Sorcerer-- despite supposedly being a primarily martial race. And Goblins... actually, the stats for Goblins are pretty good in...

Something that I feel very odd in regards to Fantasy that takes place in Asian settings written by Westerners-- and this is more about Legends of Five Rings that Karatur which I don't have so much familiarity with, but my only brush with it suggests it also has this element-- is this.... When...

Does it even matter what someone who has been dead for years originally intended? We can't ask him, plenty would skeptical of his answer were he to answer, he can't really defend himself. He also can't hurt anyone. Even if he at 82 years old were to be staunchly against making a single further...