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I always have a melee option for warlocks as well as clerics. It's a strong preference. For life I would focus on wisdom con and strength with close to equal emphasis on the latter two. I want to be using a mace,use spiritual weapon and the walking angel blender aka spirit guardians. Doing...

Very closely mirrors my thoughts though I was excited by the force awakens at times. My gripe about tlj was that it seemed wildly incongruent with how I felt about Luke and really the force. Whatever. Struck me as very off. It did not seem like a continuation of the originals. It seemed...

A trend? Like how many people agree? I couldn't care less. My point is that I have a lot invested and my level of disappointment trumps it. I did not see anyone express an opinion in this thread and defend it with how many people agree or disagree. Hell, ticket sales alone tells you it is...

After watching the films for decades hoping for consistency in tone and character is an expectation. And you're right, it's just for fun. But so are most of the hobbies we talk about here. Unclear to me why you would be annoyed with people complaining about something you think is vapid...

Truer words were never spoken. Many years of character development gone in minutes. Bizarre throwaway characters and plot lines. Killed a stormtrooper captain with ease. Snoke also never developed. Luke = Puke. Saw a new hope in theaters as a child. I really question even subjecting...

Right. Missing out IS the penalty. That's my point. And adding or taking away a little experience doesn't change the situation. The game IS the carrot. Missing it is the stick. On the other hand I have seen people put movies, drinks or other entertainment before a scheduled game. They...

The game is it, baby! We were going to play this weekend and one pal could not make it. Dm says "what about playing one man down?" Suddenly pal's plans change and he is free to play. If you are really into it, you will play. Think about falling in love. Do you have to have some outside...

Not playing in the realms or ebberon, this is exactly the D&D world I am used to and enjoy. There might be scores of living wizards in the world. There may be priests and acolytes, but true miracle working clerics are PCs, heroes or saints. Uncommon. Hedge wizards aren't running around...

Yes. All true. And many cultures did a bunch of that. However, I can't picture a 1000-1300 footman in England in chainmail with pastel feather earrings... A plume on a helmet ok. Feathers and bedazzled clothing. If that's right I want to be wrong! And in fact, I often picture and draw bad...

I am likely in the minority on this one... I miss more realistic armor and characters being sprinkled in the books. It's fantasy so the proportion of women and people of color in a pseudo medieval European place is a non issue but I like to hearken back to guys with swords and torches...bucket...

I first played D&D in grade school back in the early 80s. I am an unabashed fan of the game with particular fondness for 1e and 5e. This game is my only true hobby (including terrain building and minis). I have generally been a player but am moving toward more DMing spurred on in no small...

We all "roll dice" for that... Surprise!

Bingo. A hearty hell yes to all of that. It's often a few points that we are talking about...sometimes I wonder how much playing the person who yells about suboptimal builds has actually done!

It wasn't optimal for what? I have come to see the goal of the game is to foster the imagery and story I want to experience. I used to say survival was the goal. Advancement. But some people play one shots or only for a few levels. Some play altruistic characters that would lay their life...

Interesting thoughts on cleric... In fact, I think the "cleric" sort of invented the idea of an armored warrior that does miracles. Following Gygax, or perhaps his compatriots, cleric is now an archetype unto itself. That said there was earlier discussion about the nature of clerics vis a vis...

A few well designed additions are not synonymous with the bloat of prestige and other classes of older editions. Some would say we are nearing an ideal amount of options to avoid bloat and goofy combos. I feel pretty comfortable with current class offerings but would welcome occasional new...

The days of war-mime, cake-baker, priestly acrobat prestige class and multiclassing options in 3e was such a turnoff. In fact these and kits in 2e tried to fill it all in. Coming from AD&D in the 80s, I always worked at flavor and explanations that fit an image and felt too much coverage...

Remarkably agree with each and every point here. Particularly hated the straps of 3e and lack of coverage.

Thanks for the fun insider info! My friends and I lived and died with AD&D 1st edition for years (even skipping 2nd edition!). As time wore on we would go to gen con etc. to get any old stuff on the secondary market we had missed. But the tie in to this and related articles is that we held...

As to the OP... Does variant human break anything? what I don't like is people griping about your experience. In your game it sounds like variant human is a problem. In our games it simply is not. What I like about variant human is that it helps me realize a variety of concepts. I...