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Disentangling someone from any plot is a trivial exercise. What would you do if the character suddenly died? You're playing Vampire, so it's pretty safe to assume that's on the table. The Word of Darkness is a dangerous place, after all, and literally every vampire has entire organizations out...

The logic is still the same for a dead person, and in fact, still applies even more to them. It no longer affects Granny who gets her necklace after she's dead in a much more profound way than anything to do with Bob and his character. Unlike Bob, you can be 100% certain that she'll never come...

Your disagreement with me is a semantic one over the definition of an NPC, and not a substantial one over who has ownership and control over a formerly adventuring PC who retires from adventuring. Your last sentence indicates a substantial confusion over that, since I literally and explicitly...

It's not even a slope. It's literally the same argument. If you don't hold the same "They're not here, so why should I care about their wishes?" stance in regards to everyone who isn't there, then it was not an actual description of your reasoning, it was just a justification you threw down...

Obviously, there's often a difference between what you can do and what you should do. You can do all kinds of things that no one could stop you from doing. Lots of them are still dick moves. For example, if you ever find yourself saying "Why should your wishes be honored..." it might be worth it...

I mean, sure. You can argue that the character in question is neither an NPC nor a PC, but some other thing, if you like. But in the standard paradigm, the whole and entire definition of NPC basically boils down to "everyone that isn't a PC." It's a definition by exclusion. So most people are...

I mean... it's undeniable that there's a hefty chunk of the hobby who participate by reading books and arguing on the internet about them without actually playing, or while only playing very little. If you think that's debatable, you haven't been paying attention. An argument over what is the...

So this spun off partly from one of my comments, so I guess I should probably weigh in here. First, I very strongly believe that your character is your character. If you invented it, you retain ownership and control unless and until you choose to give it up. I will here note that there are...

D&D already completely changed the meaning of the word "edition" in this hobby. Why not "compromise" and "update," too?

Literally all of this is nothing more than more post hoc rationalization for your personal preference. P.S. Being confused about how golf scoring works is literally a joke about how stupid Homer Simpson is. I mean, you do you, but I personally wouldn't be setting myself as part of that group.

I'd say the same about spell books and turning into animals, but here we are.

You know, this is a small thing, but now that you bring it up, I totally agree. I very much preferred that aspect of 4e, on both sides of the screen. It's the same things as stuns and paralyzing and whatnot. Smaller, but the same.

That's smiting. It's literally just smiting. The fact that smite spells show up on places other than the paladin list doesn't make them not part of the paladin's signature deal, it means that their signature deal is already spread around significantly, and you don't have a problem with that.

This statement applies equally to literally every post in the entire conversation. It goes without saying that everything here is subjective and that what one person finds boring, others will find to be the most fun and engaging parts of the game.

lol Sure, but there is no trick to using roll low. Everyone knows that first place is faster than second place, and that this makes first place better than second place. Lower numbers are better, other factors being equal. This is reinforced by the overwhelming majority of experiences involving...

That's the paladin's signature mechanic. Or is it just the arcane classes that get to be unique in your version of the game?

Hard pass. If I signed up to play Dungeons and Dragons, I have zero patience for someone trying to play Boutiques and Bookbinders. If you want to retire and start a cute little B&B, then your character is an NPC now. People can roleplay and engage with the setting by going on adventures...

I think the idea that people have some internalized "bigger numbers = better" is absolute nonsense, given the existence of "we're number one!" Sure, people have preferences for dice games are scored, but I'd wager good money that's hugely influenced by however the first dice game they got into...

I think pretending that there's a meaningful difference between ascending and descending AC is weird. D&D never stopped using Thac0, it just started counting it the other way.

Metamagic was the wizard's thing when it was invented. None of this is carved in stone.