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Sorry Elmo, I'm a biologist. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvic_spur I was very alarmed by draconic hexapod anatomy when I was young. I felt like I felt the day I first heard about Microraptor the four-winged dinosaur. I felt much better when I learned that it wasn't a hexapod. But...

How about this? they have two tiny vestigial legs on either side of their genitals that are only used during mating.

Agreed! There are some things we should just not mess with. Player's Characters should... ... not have flying wings. ... not be larger than medium. ... not have more than two functional arms. ... require air, food, water, and sleep.* ... not be dead. ... not have darkvision.* Learn from...

How many stars are possible?

4.5?

That is not a reference to Honor Among Thieves.

Occam's beard is growing pretty long these days.

Of course she's a big fan. She just took a job with them. Yeah, that's why Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins "changed positions" to another company after 4th edition Dungeons and Dragons, and then again after 5th edition.

Yeah, it's like, "100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes!"* *The day after release of the movie. It's at 51% now and falling.

I concur with The Lord of Entrails. I prefer bullet points, but I find myself more attracted to option #1 in this case.

Perhaps what time of day the data is logged matters? (What was that black-clad figure that just swept past. A ninja no doubt.)

When were the new classes from the Players Handbook released onto D&D Beyond?

What does that big lead-up between July 2024 and October 2024 correspond to? Where the users jumped from the low 2000s to the high 3000s.

Dungeons and Dragons is better in the telling. When we're playing at the table we're experiencing real emotions that aren't always comfortable feelings. It isn't until later, when we're recounting the story and we're distanced from the emotions, that we enjoy the setbacks. There's a lot of...

Sometimes we're telling a story. Sometimes we're playing a game. The goal of a game is to win. What is the goal of telling a story? To win a game we're not interested in setbacks, like getting captured or running away or having our opponents get away to make the game harder for us to win.

I think we're on the same page.

@wickedcool The answer to your question is yes. The rest of this chatter is nothing but opinion and style, and a fair bit of Internet grumbling. As a Dungeon Master I personally would facilitate your request because I want you to have fun. For fun I might describe the drumming as flat and out...

You're not supposed to say that out loud. Now I have to clutch my pearls and say, "How dare you violate the solemn trust between the Players and the Dungeon Master. The Social Contract states that their actions actually have meaning and agency! You're a Monster!"

Again, why? And, who is "their lives" referring to, the Players or the Players' Characters. If it's referring to the Players, then why did they even show up to the table? I mean, the whole game is about setbacks, complications, and challenges. I will say this though, as a Player, the Slog is...

I don't understand number 2 except from the point of view that as Players we will eliminate fun out of the game if given half a chance to do so. It is fun for an enemy to come back for us another day!