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Cars are expensive to produce and to buy. Games much less so. People buy games they never play all the time. Hell, I buy games on principle that I don't get to play.

There is another layer, which is that this may all be a grift. Stir up aggrieved audience. convince them that buying the game will strike a blow against the "snowflake SJWs." It doesn't have to be good. It just has to make them feel good buying it.

What this reinforces to me is the axiom that bigotry uplifts the mediocre, so it will be the mediocre that will fight the hardest to uphold oppressive norms and systems, because they have the most to lose. That this game both looks like garbage and is just vile isn't an accident. Form follows...

While a touch off topic, I do wish to say that I will give very aggressive push-back against any existing gamers who voice resentment at Stranger Things being what motivates people to try our hobby. Get gone with that gatekeeping nonsense.

I DMed a first game for my nieces, nephew, their friends, and several in-laws earlier this year. They name dropped Stranger Things as what drew their interest and what made their parents feel it was safe and normal to give DnD a try. Everyone had a great time, and my wife and I bought the kids...

Offer it as an unlock based on some in game quest or action.

Love this picture, especially the title: "Truth coming from the well armed with her whip to chastise mankind"

Try not to expect that any given social encounter will engage all your players. Instead create scenes that will have connections for specific PCs to shine and mix it up. A visit to the temple lets the Cleric shine. Speaking the the reclusive spirit of the woods means the Ranger or Druid gets to...

A cult called "The Jaw" throws sacrifices into the "mouth" of the skull, convinced they can awaken the long dead god.

Also: I feel even the hint that this is required of DMs is yet another hurdle discouraging people from stepping behind the screen.

Do we still use LMAO?

Interesting update on the Modron as a PC race. Planescape confirmed? :ROFLMAO:

So I am working on a project and looking for some input. This is for any TTRPG players who have NEVER been a GM. What is stopping you? This isn't meant as an attack or a judgement. I am looking to address "common" reasons why people who have been playing for any length of time have never taken...

So Covid has killed our locals Cons, which ran twice a year and I miss them dearly. They are smaller, local cons, so hype and marketing isnt really a part of why anyone goes to them. What I most miss are getting to play games that I don't have the chance to aty my own table, the dealer room, and...

It serves as a touchstone. You can't color outside the lines without lines.

Honestly I don't want the game to go so modular. It's one of the things that turns me off Pathfinder tbh.

I had been thinking about this. What was the impetus of introducing Half-Orcs into AD&D? Half-Elves have Tolkien. Are Half-Orcs also cribbed from somewhere or are they an actual original creation?

No PCs no, but I am a forever DM. So for me, lifespans matter more.

Well, needed in that they can fill a particular archetype niche, that of a big bruiser, sorta rough around the edges.

It mattered for 1st ed Ghosts and some spells and magic items over the years. It more matters for flavor and for NPCs.