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Are we going to pretend that there isn’t a difference of usage between the use of a phrase toward one’s own in-group vs toward an exterior person or group? Really? I find it flabbergasting that anyone would view the idiom as anything less than insulting when directed externally. I mean, I...

Ya know, most people when they are loud and insistent and repetitive about their opinion, have the good sense to actually have some kind of argument or reasoning behind the opinion when it gets challenged. It is the normal usage. It is the only remotely common usage when someone says that...

Sure, and if someone refers to someone leaving an organization by saying they are “rats fleeing a sinking ship”, they are implying negative qualities of both the person and the organization. Being a common phrase doesn’t make it not a crappy way to refer to people. 🤷‍♂️ Frequency of use...

Lol none of those books are bland. A well known turn of phrase that strongly implies cowardice and/or disloyalty. Using it here also implies dishonesty, specifically wrt their reasons for leaving and how they feel about the game they wrote. It’s gross and very obviously biased by your dislike.

Referring to them as rats fleeing a ship is gross on several levels.

What bland content?

There is a lot of it in the books that came out around then I guess? Idk it was a silly complaint. H…how? I genuinely can’t fathom how you could see “rats fleeing the ship” as the more likely scenario. Also gross way to talk about people.

Yes. 😂 But seriously others have explained so I won’t get into and cover the same ground. It’s a thing I saw complaints about though when Tasha’s was coming out. That seems fairly axiomatic. If it’s evergreen…by definition it doesn’t need the same guys sticking around forever and will carry on...

The Saint of Steel books by T. Kingfisher are fantastic. I’m really enjoying the Cinder Spires books by Jim Butcher. I also highly recommend The Shades of Magic Series by V. E. Schwab. And if you like weird fantasy, The Locked Tomb Series is one of the best new fantasy series I’ve ever read.

oh I agree completely. And I look forward to seeing what they make going forward, though I don’t like Wes Schneider nearly as well as I like JC or Perkins. Armin is cool, and hopefully Makenzie De Armas has a leadership role eventually because they’re brilliant. And of course Wyatt deserves his...

It’s the bright colors and bisexual lighting. It’s all too She-Ra, not enough Conan! Lol

I usually have all races somewhere in the world, but in the few games with limited species: Islands World - No humans, high elves, or wood elves. The main campaign area features a wide array of species but the most populace are Shadar-Kai, Drow, Goliaths, gnomes, halflings, Tabaxi, orcs...

Right, that’s the general norm. Yeah everyone see stealth differently. I think I may have been unclear actually. What I was saying is that sprinting shouldn’t force a second stealth check at disadvantage unless you’re actually trying to hide again after sprinting. If you are just dashing to...

Interesting…

I would love to have 4e style encounter design in 5e.

Having room “stickers” on basic “fields” would be amazing tbh. Nice! I think a vvt will be the best answer, so that the whole group can modify the map. I really like Dungeon Alchemist, but I’m probably the only one willing to pay for it in my group.

I’m cool with that. Have you seen how quickly someone clears 30ft at a run? If you don’t even know that they’re there before they start running at you? They might as well have been 10 feet away for all you’ll be able to react in time. I don’t think I’d give disadvantage when dashing, but...

That’s the reality of how we run it at my table.

That is a novel idea! Thanks!

Seems like a Ranger subclass with advanced mobility and stealth and maybe enhanced crits styled on Wood Elven rangers, or one with illusion magic and animal speech flavored on Forest Gnomes, would be an easy pick.