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I have never seen anyone want to play an Orc. The only times anyone has chosen half-orc was due to mechanics. They wanted the bonuses. This included the WoW fans that were in my games at the height of WoW. I just do not get the Orc love. I think it will be interesting to see the stats on Orcs...

I would have preferred that Gnoll became a core species before Orc.

I played both a Wemic and a Flind in 2e. The Wemic was a War Cleric and the Flind was a Pit Fighter.

My 3e campaign world had a Gnoll Empire. They were not demonic although the empire was LE to NE and always looked to conquer their neighbors. I do not like the demonic angle.

I use Shard Tabletop and DDB.

Because if you use the points of light style game or start out in the fringe/boonies, then you end up creating something special to accommodate a single class. A lot of games start in these types of areas.

I, too, detest Monks and have since 3e. For me, I had to rename all their abilities and rework the class to take away the eastern themes and make them more generic.

I was a WOTC community rep so I got cases for free as long as I demo'd at game stores to earn points. I use these storage racks for mine: Really Useful Boxes If you get the scrapbook drawers hobby tray, then they are near perfect. They are also very useful for lego piece storage.

That was in an age where you got 8 minis for $15 and the rare distribution was sane. You could buy a box and be close to a whole set. WizKids give you 4 minis for 20 and have chase rares. They gouge the mess out of you. Fewer people buy and fewer minis exist so the secondary markets eat you...

Weird. I have not found a single book at B&N worth buying in over a year. I use B&N to look for new authors as I like to browse physical books. I still have my stable of authors that I buy but many are aging and not producing as much content. I find content discovery very difficult now...

Dragon Age: Origins is so much better in a PC. You can usually find the ultimate edition fairly cheap.

Has anyone else found it difficult to find decent new sci-fi and fantasy books? The shelves seem loaded with romantasy junk now. I have found that I am focusing on re-reading my existing library and I have virtually stopped trying new authors with the exception of a few indie authors on Amazon...

I re-read them every few years but I am also a fast reader. I can usually finish in 2-3 weeks.

I really hope they are not making design choices as a reaction to social media.

Blind bag minis.

I guess I should have said "no one in this discussion." I had no idea why you were adding this point when no one in the current discussion was making it. Nor have I seen anyone make it but I also do not use the cesspool of social media.

Koplow Olympic Gold and Silver dice followed by Chessex Speckled Water or Chessex Speckled Cobalt dice.

Nope. No one is making this argument. People have argued that it is fine have inherently evil species but no one has argued the point you just made. D&D continues to have inherently evil species. The only change they made was Orc and that was because they decided to make Orc a playable species...

I go back to what someone earlier said that this is an issue because Orc is a player species. I do not think it should be a core player species. I felt the same about the half-orc. I do not see folks arguing about goblins, gnolls, kobolds, etc in the same way that they are making the arguments...

I like it when D&D is customizable in terms of allowing multiple different play styles and flavors of fantasy games. I would have much prefer that 5.5 made things like feats and weapon masteries optional rules like feats were in 5.0.