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Yup. I view it akin to character creation via slot machine. Especially the old "3d6 in order" method which doesn't even guarantee I will qualify for any class, let alone the one I want to play.

I don't see a reason WotC will change it. WotC has not reacted to any of the criticisms over thier Eberron, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, Planescape, Spelljammer or Ravenloft changes. Each of them sold well enough despite the "backlash". A Dark Sun "hated" by the "fans" will still...

You still need a baseline product to open it to the DMs Guild.

I start at level 1, but level 1 and 2 don't last more than a session each.

In my book, I don't view dice rolls during play and during character generation the same. I view the latter as gambling with your character. In game, a dice roll represents a single action: swing a sword, pick a pocket, resist a spell. The odds of that one roll permanently affecting your...

It was a survival instinct. A fighter with a 12 strength and 1 HP wasn't going to make it. We knew that, the DM knew that. And after a while we just stopped asking because we knew to reroll was imminent and just did it ourselves. Eventually, we just figured out that points and fixed HP did the...

I want to focus on the adventure, not rolling to see if my class features work or if I'm going to tpk my own party. I certainly don't want to be taken out with friendly fire because Bob rolled a one on his lightning bolt. With friends like that... If I want an unserious game with random death...

A new default setting would just be another kitchen sink, and we got plenty of those. Not saying it's wouldn't work, but it would have to somehow beat Greyhawk, Realms, Mystara and Nearth at their own game.

Exactly. Well, they were a little more subtle. 18, 16, 16, 15, 14, 12. Gotta have a dump stat..

D&D is Soul Caliber. A vaguely Renaissance/Age of exploration set world where you can have. Medieval knight in plate and greatsword, a priestess of Hephaestus with a gladius and shield, a mechanical ninja, a golem made by a cult, a noble duelist with a rapier, a barbarian from the New World, a...

I've spoken at length that rolling stats (eape in AD&D where the ability to raise them was DM fiat and bonuses only came at 15+) only encouraged my long time players to cheat and newer players to get saddled with mediocre at best scores. It's hard to be fair when one player's highest score in a...

I've been fireballed from my own group enough to understand risk reward and given a choice between risk/reward and stability, I prefer the latter. While some classes can and should have the option for greater risk/reward (barbarian, wild mage) the vast majority should be like Todd Howard: It...

Or, you could just make the game fun...

I would have accepted that if the wizard and cleric spells weren't full to the brim with combat magic. But they are. You want to fighter to shine? Get rid of magic missile, fireball, flame strike, spiritual hammer, hold person, etc. Make THEM stand around doing nothing most of the combat too...

Yeah, this conversation reached it's endpoint. Goodbye

I looked at it as a total package. The background is AI slop art with no unity from shot to shot and the script is a rambling regurgitation of wiki articles. At this point, I don't care if the author is certified mute, it's still low effort AI slop.

Does the author also having a writing impairment that stops them from writing their own script?

I've been avoiding the 1e vs 4e fighter debate (round 4 million) but I'm jumping in here. We could argue about the dice and damage, but I will argue to my dying breath that rogues need sneak attack to be a reliable source of damage to be remotely useful in combat. It was absolutely ridiculous...

If you make me wait levels before I can play a dragonborn, I will raze your village and salt your fields.

Not really. They are all mostly "I attack" classes that occasionally get to do something else cool (use a maneuver, cast a spell). The biggest flaw in subclasses is that they don't go far enough to make most subs feel different than the base class. Exceptions exist, but does a evoker and a...