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I don't think the throughline is mechanics, so much as it is approach. The rest of the TSR era was had more expectations about what characters would do. GP=XP focusing much of the game on treasure-hunting, wandering wilderness monsters soft-gating when you would shift from strict dungeon...

My group's next game will undoubtedly not be D&D, and that will have little if anything to do with 5e, 5.24, WotC, or any other recent development in the D&D-sphere. We are simply a multi-game-system group and not wedded to D&D and all it's direct kin. If you're playing Shadowdark or DCC or...

I would posit that there is no consistency on that when applied generally. Starting with the wrench example as going one way, a counter is Star Trek. Some 1966-69-era star trek fans insist that their thing is just plain Star Trek, not 'Star Trek: the Original Series,' but anyone trying to...

Some of us aren't even snappy-dressed (getting corpse-juice out of worsted wool is a dry-cleaning nightmare). Anyways, there have been a number of threads where people have just lit into Mearls for things he's said (that do not align with their preferred interpretation). Now, there have been...

Assuming for the sake of argument that the bladesinger will still want a decent str or dex for the non-Truestrike attacks, how do you think this will compare to a 2014 bladesinger using Booming Blade/Green Flame Blade?

I think* there's some missing sub-text. I think people get upset about getting Held or Stun-locked "again," perhaps for despite their best efforts (that to, likely "again"). When a game mechanic is implemented in a way that doesn't seem satisfying, especially if it feels punitive or unavoidable...

There are a few issues that need to be fixed (unless they have since I last checked). I think the Resilient feat lets you give a +1 to an attribute other than the one in which you are gaining save proficiency, and warlocks cannot pick the Lessons of the First Ones invocation more than once...

The Tales of Life bit is kind of an ongoing trend. Similar to how Lore Bard's Cutting Words so outperforms Valor Bard's Combat Inspiration (Offense). Getting to use your inspiration dice to add to an existing sum is never going to compare to getting to do something new (like Tale of Gloam) or...

I often feel like I have no class, it's... oh, that's not what you're saying?

So much this. Can't we have a characters who can put their tertiary stats into the ones that fit their individual character's personality? Especially for martials when this latest game update has found even more ways for casters to use their casting stat with their weapons?

Wouldn't work. A Prince class doesn't have level 3 abilities, it starts out at Epic level.

As others have said, 1) generally no dying is worse but it is still a pretty frustrating part of play, and 2) it's because you are losing agency. And as others have said, With long turns it can become extremely frustrating. However, even with shorter turns it can be pretty frustrating if the...

I think the initial premise is shaky. Both TTRPGs and CRPGs were called simply RPGs approximately half the time for most of the time we've been talking about them. When not done so, they have been called CRPGs and TTRPGs (or 'pen and paper RPGS,' or similar) both at the same time. Mostly just...

I have fun when I get to meet with my department's legal team, it usually means I get ammo to tell someone else 'no' to a request with which I know we shouldn't be complying. :D There's also a gamer on staff there, I've shown him a few of the NuTSR endeavors you've gone over here and shared a...

There's still the possibility that it will happen. OSR/TSR-era grogs have quietly acknowledged AD&D 2nd Edition as yeah, actually part of the group. Farther afield, oWoD and nWoD/CoD fans now mostly appreciate anyone that is still invested in the overall game line. Staying in the...

Can't be, that's a feature endemic to every edition of the D&D.

Ah look, the paper tiger got wet. So you were able to read the AMA (no blocking, etc.)? Anything of substance to report?

I think you mean 'sude.'

See also CA governor Schwarzenegger's letter to state assembly.

Dave Scott would could have done himself a lot of favors by instead issuing public statements regarding their previous mis-steps, apologizing to those affected, and laying out a new plan on how to move forward in a way that would earn the trust of the buying public. It would even be appropriate...