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Have the BBEG interrogate then at length, so he can become familiar with them. Have the BBEG underlings discreetly acquire some of the PC’s hair or minor possessions. The BBEG is now capable of scrying the PCs with 100% accuracy, thanks to a -15 to saves. Proceed to arrange a “fortunate”...

That can be fun, true.

Well yes, it was deliberately bad. As far as your own set theory goes, I'd say you've proven that Players and DMs are both tabletop RPG gamers, not necessarily players. Players (capital P) are definitely players (some of them are pro players), and I'd agree the vast majority of DMs are also...

Tuna: an animal that breathes underwater and eats smaller fishes Shark: an animal that breathes underwater and eats smaller fishes Therefore: Tunas are sharks ??? Not really.

Getting paid to do something changes expectations. I don't get paid to DM, so I know that I don't have to always be at the top of my game, I know I can skimp on prep if I want and maybe run a lazy session if I feel like it, I know that sometimes I can do stuff that is fun for me and not as much...

Err, ok? If a person I hire to do a job has fun doing that job, great, but what I care about the most is getting my money's worth. Again though, we are wasting time debating valueless semantics.

You have this bad habit of dismissing and ridiculing people who like different things than you. I already asked you to be careful about it in another thread, I'm warning you again, next time I'll just report.

I was specifically talking about paid DMs. I've never been paid to DM, and I never paid anyone to DM for me, but if I ever happened to pay a talented DM to run a game for me, my expectations would be a lot different than if one my childhood buddied did it for free, instead. I would expect a...

Yes, those are professional players. I would also categorize somebody who plays D&D for cash in front of an audience as a pro player. Pro (read: paid) DMs, not so much, I would say they're more akin to a professional referee rather than a pro player. Not a meaningful distinction, anyway: I'm...

DMs are never Players (capital P). DMs can be players, if they’re engaging in d&d as a leisure activity for fun. If they’re dming for cash or other prizes, they’re not players. But I feel like zarionofarabel and aldarc are showing more clearly what the discussion is really about: DM power. Is...

Agreed, I'll gladly partake in reskinning to make things that do not yet exist in the game possible. Wanna play a kobold rogue and reskin it as a gunslinging cactuar? Cool, let's do it. Wanna play an elven paladin and reskin it as a orcish druid? I'll hear you out, but I'll probably just ask you...

Careful now. Someone here might actually be strongly opposed to reskinning, and you have no right to call them (or their reasons) stupid. Personally, I like and allow reskinning, but only on a case by case basis. You gotta work with the DM.

A fair point, the power delta between classes far outweighs the delta between races when you get to level 4 or so. Still, that doesn't excuse the (IMO) poor, lazy job they did with Tasha's options. I wouldn't bring stat generation into this though. Perfectly fair and balanced methods for...

I think indulging in CharOp can be a lot of fun as a thought experiment. To see what is theoretically possible within the boundaries of the system. My opinion changes considerably when somebody tries to bring charopped stuff at the actual table. Tasha is quite power-creepy, agreed. However...

Ah, if you think having light or a torch is equivalent to having darkvision, then we most definitely come from very different D&D styles. In my campaigns (and frankly, in any serious campaign I have ever played) adventuring in the underdark, in a dungeon, or outside at night using light or...

I was kidding, but yeah, you're right about that.

I'm sure they'll write a very tragic and convincing background story that'll justify the concept flawlessly

I suppose it depends on your definition of markedly better. I would argue that any custom lineage with darkvision and a feat is markedly better than a variant human, and variant human was already considered a great candidate for strongest race in the game. But I suppose that depends on how...

It has been discussed early and often. https://www.enworld.org/threads/is-the-healer-feat-broken.479550/ https://www.enworld.org/threads/durable-feat-is-weak-healer-feat-is-too-strong.660051/ https://www.enworld.org/threads/how-good-is-the-healer-feat-compared-to-hit-dice.673177/ Just...

I don't care to discuss if F1 is just as good as F2, or better, or worse. I don't want to drag the discussion into CharOp territory. If your slightly unusual elf concept can be achieved with minor or no changes to the PHB elf chassis (as I showed in my previous post), why would you insist on...