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It's a neat idea, but I'm not too interested in a fight that gets easier as it goes on. From a gameplay perspective, there's a point at which you're (almost literally!) beating a dead horse. Where victory is all but assured, but you have to grind through the critter's last few parts just to make...

It's quite a good system! Anything that liberates me from the grid, baby!

The counter-argument is that no one said this is a reflection of who he is as "as human being." No one is Literally Anubis. So, you're building a strawman. In truth, people are describing the man based on the things he's said and done. Why not publish history in a history book? If I'm reading...

I mean, that's what's happening, so there's no problem, I guess? Why, though? It seems like the central issue for you at least is that people are calling Gygax sexist, and this somehow means they have to know his heart and his soul to pass this judgment. So, of course, character witnesses...

This is not the case. Look, anyone who claims to know what was truly in Gary's heart or what his true beliefs are is just wrong (probably including Gary himself). Whether they think he's sexist or not, no one can read minds or is Literally Anubis*. What's been stated over and over and over...

None of your feelings actually contradict the facts of the situation: Gygax did sexist things and will be rightly judged to be sexist for doing those sexist things. Some folks seem to prefer it if that particular fact disappeared down the memory-hole, and THAT's what makes me want to take a...

There's something deeply asymmetrical in this statement. The author has to deal with the consequences for publishing the truth (which some folks don't want to hear), but there's no consequences for doing sexist things. That if you're loudly and proudly sexist, you get called a sexist when people...

It's not actually contrary, though. It's shifting the goalposts. "Gygax was a sexist" isn't about his moral character, it's about his actions and statements - his actual history. The actions he did, the things he wrote, and the impact they had on his game. "Gygax was a good dad to his...

I really hate that questions of sexism become deflected to questions of character. It's like the racist guy pointing out that his black friends love him. I don't know Gary's soul. I never met the man. I am not here to judge him as a human. We're all clever apes doing our best in a complicated...

Big disagree. It's always a good idea to call out sexism. You should do it every day, until sexism doesn't exist anymore (so basically forever), and you can always fill your daily quota of calling it out by looking at people in history who did sexist things and pointing out how it was bad and...

I just bought the Uncaged Anthology, 'cuz it's 5e and I'm nothing if I'm not basic as hell. Holy moly, these products are beautiful and so VERY well written. I'd been thinking about where my next adventure is coming from, and this anthology is a serious contender. Only $13, too! Hell, just did...

Feels like Don Quixote to me. If the windmills he tilted at posed half the threat he thinks they do, he'd be a hero. Too bad he's only heroic in his own head, crowing about his giant-slaying while doing absolutely nothing to help anyone.

One of the things I keep realizing is that the vile elements of a lot of fantasy that was popular when I was coming up and a little before were not considered vile by all of the kids reading them (or the adults they have become). Folks like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel do think about the stuff...

I am already so exhausted by the next 4 years or so. Hey, as an antidote to centering utter lunatics, can someone recommend to me a D&D or TTRPG product with a strong feminist stance / message? Maybe we can talk about people doing good work in this space instead of the nefarious blowhards.

In 2024, getting to cast two fireballs on the same turn isn't TOO hard. You just need to be a thief with a necklace of fireballs. Fast Hands lets you use the Magic action as a bonus action, so you use that bonus action to chuck a bead from the necklace...and then do it again with your action...

I am a big user of group checks. I think the Stealth situation is interesting. On the one hand, yes, a single failed check could fail a stealth situation, and so if you want a stealth situation, you get your stealthy party members to sneak on ahead of those who are more boisterous. This is an...

The spell doesn't mention any issue with moving through the space, so RAW, anyone can move through the space for any reason. The spell cannot block a doorway for you, and it can slide past enemy defenders as well, as long as its move doesn't end in an unoccupied space. (also, you can't send the...

I love how weapon masteries add a bit more character to your weapon choices. It's another decision point, but one that pays off, I think. My character in my Sunday game is a gnome fighter who wields a glaive - something that is not a good idea in 2014, but is perfectly viable in 2024. One of...

Listen, I am sure there is the seed of a good reason behind every decision someone thinks is bad. Like, I'm sure that sleep was considered OP by some metric and so they had to hit it hard with the nerf bat and now make it kind of a bad idea to cast if there's more than one monster in the...

Yeah, agreed. Close enough to backwards compatible if you squint. Not significantly worth worrying about where it's not. And I like the flexibility. My groups generally like the weapon masteries (even though they do slow things down a bit). The dumb bits are pretty isolated, thankfully -...