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One of my legendary villains in my old 2E FR campaign was an evil high elf archdruid who was also a were-winter wolf. He was an elf-supremacist, despite being a monstrous boogeyman who liked the taste of human prey. His druidic "Circle of Winter's Teeth" was populated by his pack, followers, and...

This first paragraph of questions is for 3rd party publishers/designers who plan on adopting 2024 changes to their future 5E design. Are you also planning on revising/updating your pre-2024 mechanical content (subclasses, monsters, spells, magic items) to more closely conform to the 2024 rules...

In 2024 and beyond I'm going to continue to use the term "5E", when talking about 3rd party compatibility because those products will be compatible with the 2024 ruleset (at least as compatible as A5E, or ToV, or other clones with their own differences). If a 3rd-party 5E-compatible product was...

Rime of the Frostmaiden is pretty high up there.

This isn't real life data. That isn't what data means. You're just guessing at numbers that feel "right" to you, based on... height and 2 body types? Most power lifters are shorter and stronger than basketball players. Assigning strength to newborn humans based on swimmer and bodybuilder...

Yeah, I see no reason to continue this conversation. We are from different universes on this.

You're saying that players don't roll for DC10 checks because the outcome is not in doubt? And there is no meaningful consequence for failure at DC 10? What about DC 11? DC 15? Where is the middle ground between where DC 10 is an automatic success that you don't roll for, but you roll against DC...

Agree to disagree. I interpret the first paragraph to use natural language to state that a PC can keep rolling and should be able to succeed with time, unless the natural circumstances for failure prevent that from occurring (the example for the second paragraph gave a reason why the player...

Heh. A Strength (Intimidation) check is just... rolling initiative. ;)

Yeah, and some DMs will instead call for initiative once someone wants to grab/throw someone else.

The Creative Commons opens it up so that the OGL cannot be used as a poison pill. That was the entire point. I also wasn't saying you were saying anything bad about them. I'm saying that I see a lot of hate and toxicity out there in the 3PP fandom that is pushing people away. I don't follow...

What are you on about? I do know the scenario because Mistwell set it up, and I answered. The scenario was presented as such: "How many shots do you get at picking a lock in your games? If the DC is 30, and you have a +10 modifier, do you just let them keep trying until they roll a 20?" There...

I'm not saying that the cooperative fantasy role-playing game based on random chance can accurately portray the non-random, authored superhero stories of comic books (that only work because the author decides that it happens). Superhero stories don't take place in, or follow the rules of, the...

Nope. I am not wrong in this case. Don't accuse me of making things up. You and I are both referencing the same rule. DMG p. 237: Sometimes a character fails an ability check and wants to try again. In some cases, a character is free to do so; the only real cost is the time it takes. With...

The game works fine with moderate stats because DCs aren't crazy. But it is not against the rules to use higher stats. If all the players want to play "superheroes," they should have a conversation with their DM. If the DM doesn't want them to have higher stats, and wants to inflate DCs so they...

Yes, if the lockpicker has invested to get a +10 to their roll, and they have a chance to succeed, they get to keep rolling. It just takes time. And we don't allow Nat 20 successes on skill checks. If I have invested expertise to get a +17 to my lockpicking, and the DC is 20, and I fail, RAW...

How am I insulting thousands of games? Nothing I said called out all other games as "bad" and that Wizards has the only good game in D&D. Though I do recognize that D&D already has homefield advantage of being the 800lb. gorilla. I specifically called out 2 primary factors. A good game, and a...

I don't really run my dragons this way. Dragons with high mental stats likely pay attention to all kinds of features that might give them an edge in interactions, like using perception and insight to recognize features that give them an edge in influencing those, or other humanoids. Archmages...

The only way for this to change is for other companies to create actually good games, that have good, non-toxic communities that support and advocate for them inclusively. Is there a beloved game that doesn't get the attention it deserves? Something is missing from the mix.

This is the flaw with people wanting to draw parallels to, or to emulate, superheroes in D&D. Superheroes have high stats across the board. Want to emulate a superhero like Catwoman or Batman, or other heroes who have high Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and/or Charisma...