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So you don't think 5.5 represents a shift in intention and assumed playstyle?

Fair enough for you, but I'm not willing to write off any inconsistency as a "game convention" that should be ignored for play. There's no reason that anything an NPC can accomplish can't be duplicated by an equivalent PC under similar circumstances. I simply don't want to play a game where that...

You think this was actually the sentiment they were expressing? That's certainly not what I got out of it.

That's the issue. The veteran players who feel strongly about what D&D should be, and who do a lot of answering the surveys and talking incessantly online about their opinions? Those people didn't disappear just because the IP holder has decided they're no longer fiscally relevant and can be...

It is in mine, because it represents a shift in intention. They want the game to be about, to some degree and in some fashion, something else. I firmly believe that, had they believed it would lead to increased sales 5.5 would not have been compatible. Because it seems to me they wanted to make...

What do you mean when you say, "the Alien RPG is increasingly being eclipsed by Mothership"? Do you have sales numbers, or have you just heard better things about the latter, or believe more people are playing/talking about it?

But not the 5.5 DMG, so it's clear that their intentions have changed.

Yup. I literally do this with NPCs all the time. What @EzekielRaiden is saying makes zero sense to me.

The Delving rules went into my doc as well. You've really produced some great stuff!

That's always going to be a subjective question. I certainly see a great deal of value in it, to the point where striving for such is a major source of enjoyment for me in the hobby. Others obviously feel differently.

There are some great social combat rules in the new A5e supplement Martial Artistry, by our very own @Steampunkette ! Dropped them right into my compilation document as soon as I saw them.

Still my wife's favorite edition.

What does that have to do with relative quality? Personally I can't stand PF2.

I suggested "defeated" before, but apparently that isn't precise enough.

No, that's not sim, IMO it's naked gamism, designed to create a specific sort of challenge, plus a dash of narrative mechanics (to encourage the "characters cuts through scads of enemies like butter, per the developers) story element. There's nothing sim about it, at least in terms of process...

This is what I use for sacrificial magic, a modification of the rules in the A5e version of Adventures in Zeitgeist: Sacrificial Magic Any character with the Rite Master feat can potentially cast any spell of an appropriate level with the ritual tag. Additionally, any character with...

I have several options in my A5e 3pp/homebrew compilation that work for Goliath.

More like, "We have no interest in experienced players of our game. If you end up liking it anyway, great!"

No, but have you considered the possibly that their scorched earth response was also inappropriate?

There was plenty of flavor in D&D both before and after 4e though. How could that have happened without the "firestorm" you're describing?