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Right!? When I was a kid, I read his books not knowing any better. I look back and I cringe. Multiple series' of inappropriate content. Xanth, Apprentice Adept, Bio of a Space Tyrant...

That's a valid way to play the game in one's own campaign, where there are no truly good gods, just advanced powerful beings that are just as flawed as humans, who are able to dispense wrath on a whim, like the Greek pantheon. But none of that matches with the measurable good and evil that is...

I don't care about how our real-world human society works. I don't want to replicate it. It's horrific. I don't want to go into religious/political rants, but our real world power structures have never been good, or truly representative of good ideals. It's just a mask. The power behind it all...

Good gods and religions with any kind of real influence in a magical fantasy world should really change the quality of life of the commonfolk. Gods are real, man. I'm tired of the trope of good religions not actually being good, and taking advantage of the population. They aren't all...

I've done the Dire Turkey thing, and it was fun! A local wizard creates chimeric amalgamations for holiday feasts. He created a "gobble" of big, hybrid Turkeypigs or Turkeygoats (like griffons and hippogryphs) and while they are flightless, a precocious group of kids accidentally let them out...

Or... It's a superb way to: Inspire more players to choose some non-combat (stealth) options when building their characters, especially if stealth is going to be an important approach option. Encourage a party to use resources to overcome challenges outside of combat, like magic or magic...

I love full spellcasters, and I vote no. If a full spellcaster wants to train to master weapons that their subclass does not already give them, they have to make the effort to train. Which means they are not focused on their primary class progression, but something else. Whether a level in...

Anything that is only 2 pages can be one of several modules in a single DMG. I think the OP wants lots of variant rules for a specific playstyle, but that is still a lot of overlap between styles. Reprinting Magic items 4 times for 4 different campaign styles? Nah, I don't find the value in...

It literally gives advice, with examples. Have you read it?

Champion Fighter. Remarkable Athlete with expanded Improved Critical range? Yes please. Heroic Warrior at level 10 looks insanely rewarding. Such good sustainability. A High Wisdom Ranger that is a bounty hunter (Hunter, but also any subclass). You can't shake him. Hunter's Mark does its job...

I will say, in comparison, Morrus and EN Publishing have been pretty chill and classy about the new 2024 books. They don't have to publicly compare, as they let their work, and their fans, speak for themselves.

Yes! They do have that choice! I support this. And they can also choose to do a poor, petty job of it. What should matter to them is how the Community perceives it.

I really hope we see 5E 2024 style depictions of spells and abilities used by heroes and monsters. I love seeing that stuff in media (like wildshaping in D&DHAT).

I will say this... this review should have come from a third party. They wrote a self-referential fluff piece and merged it with a hit piece. It is petty as flack. I don't care for it in any marketing.

Not sure who you are calling out. Many of us have bought some of their content like Tome of Beasts, long before ToV came out. I have been very critical of Kobold Press ever since their ToV announcement marketing. I want a happy 5E/+adjacent community where everybuddy makes and share content...

It's like they wanted to complain about D&D, and call out where they thought their product was better... which is normally what 3rd party reviewers are for. But no 3rd party influencer was interested in doing that. No one cared. So maybe that made them sad, and they felt they had to do it...

Kobold Press has always been arrogant and antagonistic about this, since the beginning before ToV was named ToV. I remember their original marketing which was also hostile. They were trying to ride the OGL hate train, and they are just doubling down, trying to drag Wizards whenever they can...

Rubies are hard for gemstones, yes, but that isn't how hardness works. Even diamonds are very easily crushed. A hammer does the job just fine. And magic being rare is totally fine for your world and campaign. The gp value is merely a balance requirement to explain why the spell is not...

I would say that a lamplighter's guild in a magic-influenced society would not be against Continual Flame spells, rather they would be involved in the manufacturing, distribution, and sale of such items in a public capacity. Continual Flame spells would be on the higher level of the services...

I don't look at dragon/monster magic like Wizard magic that is swapped out easily. I see dragon/monster magic as being more reflective of the monster's nature and influence over natural abitat, rather than assume they have the tactical ability to choose their magics for optimizing combat...