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90% is a pretty solid number for positive votes. It makes me happy that so many people are happy at their gaming table.

I wonder this as well. But I think since the market is continuing to grow, you keep having new players buy minis. I mean, most players and certainly DMs I know, young or old, seem to have at least a few minis. But with digital being popular, I would think it would shrink had it not been for the...

I am absolutely going to pick it up. We are starting a new campaign and before I grab it, I want to make sure our DM isn't going to use part of it. If he is, I will wait, because once I get it, I am going to read it. :) (Side Note: Our DM does not want to convert to the new rules. He would...

I mean, do you want an answer that you'll think about, or do you just want to try and quibble. My statement was clear: People who learn about art try to understand the artist and the time of the piece's creation. This way it can be placed into context. Context happens to be a big thing in art...

Cosmo and Vogue's chief editor's were women. They understand what sells - skin. Particularly aesthetically pleasing models showing skin. You can point to patriarchy all over the place, and much is true. But the real truth is you will not find a direct correlation to patriarchy and free-market...

While I agree with your sentiment here, this is incorrect. Publishers back then, especially female oriented magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Mademoiselle, Teen, etc. all had scantily clad women on their covers. There were no men buying those magazines back then. Men were buying Muscle and...

So many people don't know what they want until they get it. It has been true for myself, many of my friends, and students. The people around you have a huge impact on your perception of an activity.

It should be a setting that is: Magical. Magic spells, items, settings, and characters, NPCs, etc. But magic is rare. Full of conflict with dangerous creatures everywhere. But trade, outland farming areas, small inns on lonely roads, still exist without much of a problem. Full of...

While I agree with everything you say, the last sentence is not really on point. Sometimes, people have a vision, and others don't see it. It's the old spaghetti sauce test (Malcolm Gladwell's TED Talk). Sometimes the designer, be it video game, TTRPG, board game, or any design choice really...

I agree. I was just stating another possible solution that hadn't been mentioned.

I would argue that most tables could find happiness just by switching up players, eliminating the "one player" that people don't gel with, inviting new players, or taking on a new DM.

Those two attached pictures are awesome. Especially the terrain picture! Great job!

I can say this. When you learn about art, such as taking an Art History class in college, the very first thing you do is try to understand the painting's context - that is both studying the artist and the time in which it was made. That is why, say if you had someone looking at a Frida Kahlo...

Just curious, for all the DMs and players out there adopting the new system, what is the first adventure you want to run or play? It could be a retrofit since it is supposed to be backwards compatible. It could be homebrew. It could be something you hope they publish. It could be something you...

You're right. That is a more than fair take.

Because the DM is not a computer. Maybe they have preferences too. I have played with DMs that really don't like the roleplay pillar, but love the exploration and combat pillar. Yet, they still use the roleplay pillar because their players like it. They certainly would never ask the players to...

So when the DM says no, you specifically feel like you need to challenge the DM? That sounds like a way to not play the game according to the rules. And I know that is a no-no. Somehow, somewhere, people find this not aligned with the spirit of the game. But it is not. The game clearly states...

Ask them, "If Matt Mercer was DMing, and in the new area the PCs were visiting, he had his dwarves make new armor types, would they need a list of said armor before they visited the area?"

It is probably because if their posts are about another system, their viewership goes down.

I think all these are plausible, especially for an experienced DM. I don't think anyone that is saying no is advocating for something different. They are advocating for when circumstances dictate that the background feature will not work. I know everyone likes to throw the big-bad DM argument...