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I grew up with Warhammer long before I was ever really exposed to DnD, so orcs and ogres are very different in my conception. Ogres, to me, do indeed just seem like bigger more brutish humans. To the extent that when they made Space Ogres for Warhammer 40k they were, indeed, just humans that...

For what it's worth, there is a big difference between technical proficiency and quality, I think. Imagine someone's making some abstract painting. The artist is extremely good at painting, they have mastered the techniques they are working with, and they are able to produce exactly the effect...

I live an ocean away and have never lived outside urban areas, so I guess we're approaching this question from different coffee ecologies. :)

Upscale cafes have been around for longer than I have been alive, and Starbucks is not one. It's niche would be 'soulless, chain coffee place'. The analogy also breaks down in that I rather enjoy playing D&D, while Starbuck's coffee is pretty much undrinkable.

Nope. Blind taste tests have consistently demonstrated that trained wine tasters are frauds and the alleged gulf in quality between fine and average wines does not exist. Fraud is maybe an overly harsh word, since they almost certainly believe in the elaborate charade they have constructed. But...

No, and I didn't say that. All I'm saying is that, if something is your second favourite, it's usually something you like a lot. Second favourite is good. Second favourite is excellent. Second favourite is very almost the best there is.

No. My thesis is that people do give their highest ratings to their favourite things. That's what I said. Most people will give their favourite thing five stars. Most people will also give their second favourite thing five stars. Many will hand out fives to their third, fourth and fifth...

It's far easier to make up your own setting, in my opinion. You don't need to read up on any fluff, and nor do the players. You never need to worry about your players knowing more fluff than you. And it doesn't have to involve any significant amount of work. Just make it generic fantasy land...

No you wouldn't. Most people would be expected to give their second favourite 4 or 5 stars; unless there was a huge gulf between the first two. If it's everyone's second favourite, then it's almost certain to have a high rating. On the other hand, if something is my favourite, but lots of other...

Some advice from a GM's perspective. An adventure you want people to play as an rpg is not a novel, and shouldn't be structured in the same way. Twists and surprises are cool; but they are to surprise the players in the course of the game, not to surprise the GM reading your pdf. When you're...

It looks better than the original Mortal Kombat. That's an extremely low bar, though.

How about 'Influencer'? "I cast #InspiringWords"

This is an error on your part you would be happy if you rectified. Guards! Guards! is one of the early Discworld novels. It's entire schtick is that it is a fantasy story not about about the heroic adventurers, but about the poor, innocent third guards on the left that the adventurers beat up...

No, everyone agreed that system matters 200 posts ago. I've got no idea what this thread is about any more.

The tusselboss sounds like a dance.

I think that was the point of the joke.

Barbarian has entirely negative connotations in English.

Everybody knows what a DnD monk is. They attend monasteries up in mountains where they live ascetic lives and train constantly under the supervision of some mysterious old dude with a long, thin moustache who says meaningless crap that sounds deep, then they go off into the world and do kung fu...

Intelligence would be used for piloting ships and operating computers. You'd gain a bonus to your hit roll with blasters if you were proficient in blasters. I don't think there's any such thing as an archery fighting style in 5e. Not trying to claim that 5e would be a great system for...

Sounds like something I would hear about while sitting through Marketing's tedious presentation on the latest branding redesign at work.