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Interesting that the designers of the Topaz Dragon decided to use the wing anatomy of Enantiornithes (Ancient Greek for "opposite birds") for them. I looked them up on Wikipedia. The 'backward wings' are the result of a convex scapula and a concave coracoid. Modern birds have a concave scapula...

The only version of the 2024 Gem Dragons that I like so far is the Amethyst Dragon. The Topaz Dragon's body is okay; I can go with it. But the reverse wings give me the impression that it can only do the backstroke when it flies. Luckily that feature can be ignored by any DM for a pair of...

This kind of reminds me of Destiny in A5e. :) From the Adventurer's Guide: Every hero has something that drives them forward, an inner spark or outward goal that compels them to risk everything for a life of adventure. Choosing a destiny provides important roleplaying cues and features that...

This is definitely true for an RPG like Shadowrun where all of the PC species in the Sixth World came from Human stock.

In previous editions of D&D, the general information for a given species would have wound up in a Complete Book of X for 2e or a Races of X book for 3e. As for the MM2024, NPC info is something of a one-size-fits-all.

Why is it odd for a Halfling to have an 18 Strength? If I was playing a Halfling with an 18 Strength, I would be doing a Strength (Deception) check to fool my opponent into thinking that I couldn't be stronger than him. :p Actually, no, I wouldn't need to do one at all because they would have...

Yeah, where are the YouTube Bards who will give us Bardic Inspiration to go out and buy it? ;)

In Level Up, there are two Trackable Conditions that the characters can find themselves dealing with, Fatigue and Strife. Fatigue represents exhaustion, exposure, hunger, injuries, and other physical factors which gradually wear a creature down. Strife otoh represents corruption, despair, fear...

What if they speak in Hexadecimal or Trinary? :p

If Darmok and Jalad were Modrons... ;)

If the inhabitants of Mechanus had a planar language of their own, this would be it. ;)

When you were designing the Fey Dragon for the MM2, did you get some bardic inspiration from the plant monster in the movie, The Little Shop of Horrors? :)

I think it's been this way since 4e. While 3e didn't prevent you from choosing any class that you wanted your character to be or keep you leveling up as far as you wanted to go, it did have that Favored Class drawback. The Favored Class for Dwarves was Fighter. The Favored Class for Elves was...

Disadvantage on a Specific Type of Check is my least dislike because you still can succeed at that check even with the lower roll, or you can cancel it out with the right Advantage (ex. Steady Aim).

And then when they appeared in the PF1 menu, they came in several different and distinct flavors.

According to Wikipedia, there are two different kinds of evil IRL. The first is Moral Evil, which is often the result of a person who engages in vice, either through intention or negligence. The second is Natural Evil, which does not involve a perpetrator. It's often the result of natural...

The change from races to species doesn't really change much. You still get the same collection of traits your character was born with and traits they learned from growing up in a particular culture. It's merely changing the label and playing it safe. Level Up otoh split up the traits your...

It might make the game easier for the DM, but what if you are player who wants to play a human raised within a Dwarven culture? Your character isn't going to be raised as a human; they are going to be raised like a Dwarf. So, it doesn't make sense for such a human to still have the bonus feat...

This would put language into their overall heritage. Culture would still be needed to distinguish one group of Dwarves from another group of Dwarves in order to keep them from feeling monolithic to the player.

Moving the ASIs from Species to Backgrounds makes a certain amount of sense as picking up a certain background requires training in one or more ability scores. If your character has the Soldier background (I am using the Level Up version here), you learn some training in Strength, but you are...