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Warriors of Karyn... is that the game where you get points by calling the city guard on innocent black people?

Sure, that's what Big Tabletop wants you to believe

No, there was a 5th menu item: pizza pineappello.

5e is actually pretty great in this regard. Earlier this thread I namechecked Four Elements Monk as being particularly weak, which I think everyone agrees they are. But I played at a table with one of those for a long time, and you know what? He was fine. Character had his moments to shine, dude...

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When I hear people say 5e is too complicated, I'm glad for them that they missed 3e. Back in 3e, you had to have a team of accountants just to roll initiative.

I'd really like to watch this, but it's well over 2 hours, so it ain't happening. So thanks for the summary!

You're the second person to say this, and I don't get it. The rider of Vicious Mockery is kind of the point of the spell -- that's why it does the lowest damage in the game. If the rider weren't really good no one would use it, just like no one ever used the current 5e True Strike. Bards would...

You can still say "I'm a human fighter", and players do in fact say that all the time. But now the complexities added on top makes the game deeper and more fun, as opposed to THAC0 and "let's flip through the DMG for ten minutes". source: started on 1e

That's a really good point. The best feats in 5e (5.0e?) have been removed, changed, or have level requirements now, so a free 1st level feat isn't what it used to be. I concede the point. Also, having 2 feats instead of 1 isn't the same as having 1 instead of 0. I think a lot of people who...

You think rogues are trash tier? Now I understand why we're not seeing eye-to-eye. Our experiences in 5e have been very different. I've played rogues and DMed them and have never, ever thought they were underpowered, much less "trash". A cantrip which does literally the least damage possible...

Not all of them. Dwarves can grant themselves Tremorsense multiple times a day. That's really good! Humans keep the extra 1st level feat and also get inspiration for free every day. Rogues are quite a bit stronger, even before you factor in weapon masteries. So are rangers. So are monks. If...

I whipped up a few premade characters for an event this weekend. Until I did, it hasn't sunk in how much PCs are being buffed. All the changes in the playtest packets have been relatively small, but they really add up. Races are stronger. Backgrounds are stronger. Classes are stronger...

Ooooh, I did not know that. That sucks! AFAIK they are all still available at my local game store. That being so, I can't imagine Wotc reprinting them again so quickly, so my point miiiight still stand. While we're at it, I can't see the "Return To..." adventures being reprinted. I'm not sure...

Several of those are in print in 5e, with the blessing of WotC, although not actually by WotC. 4, 5, 7, 15, 16, and 28. 21 is coming later this year, all from Goodman Games.

I have no hate for Bioware. They've made some great games! But they do have certain themes they hit over and over. That's not necessarily a bad thing. The reason I assumed they'd probably done the Noble Female Sacrifice is that so many games have. Even good ones! For example, Borderlands 2 is...

As someone who believes that shorter adventures tend to be better ones, I'm highly in favor of this. Adventure paths have their place, and I've enjoyed both playing them and running them. But D&D was built on shorter adventures and I'd love to see more of that for 5e. (edited to fix spelling)

I think the 1986 version was the same as the 1976 version, except everyone at the table does a ton of cocaine. Hey, maybe that's how we do it in just one session!

First of all - yes. Human sacrifice is evil, full stop. It's evil in real life and I don't see how it's not evil in a D&D world. But also, the idea of a woman sacrificing herself for some greater good (or greater God) is one of the more tiresome tropes in fantasy fiction. And also, perhaps not...

Maybe I'm being a Pollyanna. I admit I could be. But my feeling is that, going forward, WotC won't try any shenanigans like the OGL debacle again -- at least not for many years. First, it backfired very badly for them. Community outrage usually means very little to lawyers and beancounters, but...