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Undoubtedly true.

I agree. The Vistani in particular while interesting need touching up and creating a more lively culture instead of Bram Stoker's Gypsies with the serial numbers filed off would be a good thing.

Louisiana was also so afraid of men going native or ending up with a lot of mixed race people they ended up cleaning out the jails and mental hospitals for any women who could basically function. I guess it was a very early version of Love after Lockup :p

Keep in mind that Weiss and Hickman are Baby Boomers in other words from two nearly three generations ago (Baby Boomers not Gen Y) around well before a lot of people here including me were even born. The past was an entirely different country . Sure the term is well yucky these days much...

I can understand that. If I wanted to run or play in Dragonlance I'd enforce a no Kender rule myself. Party harmony comes before individual player agency. However I've rarely run into such problems. The people I game with act like grownups and know to avoid selfish play. If they don't, I go...

I'd ban such a character without a campaign set up for just that sort of character However would you knowingly travel and adventure with someone who is violent professional killer , entirely selfish (that's basically what NE alignment is) and racist against you? Its asking for a knife in neck...

I wasn't exaggerating people's response especially in a magical world, most of which are borderline apocalyptic. Wikipedia shows the history of Antiziganism with extensive persecution, expulsions , mandated mutilation and genocide along with laws allowing them to be killed on sight in many...

You have a fair point though the amount of violence and animosity against the Roma and Pavee was and still is considerable. Also these groups a while disliked by a lot of people had allure, some perceived value to the community as tinkers, animal breeders and entertainers among other things...

Very much so. I tend to game with people where the reaction to Kender would be the way people in most of history would respond, Kender killed on sight, heads on pikes. Needless to say Dragonlance wasn't for us. I'm not commenting on the lawsuit as I know essentially nothing Still between...

I like fantasy supers , I've even run some as a story game and one of my favorite comics back in the day had a Conan Sorcerer Kulan Gath turn NYC into a fantasy world (X-Men 189-191) its hard to run as you kind of have to have the right tool for the job. D&D just isn't suited for it. Some...

In a 5E adventure, 1E styled in my opinion include things like being very "kill and loot" centered, deadly traps and often a kind of dank, grotty eldritch vibe. Look at the old 1E PHB cover, you have pulp elements, obvious fantasy elements and this veneer of realism. Also note that there was...

This isn't a bad idea but I think the designers assumed you would a take one level dip of a martial class. Yes you can lose your capstone but most D&D games probably don't go that high and you won't lose any feats or ASIs doing so.

By virtue of being a half feat, weapon master isn't a bad feat. Its unlikely to be taken by anyone other than variant humans though since there really aren't feats to spare in most builds because most are needed for ASI or complementary feats. It does have some value as a roleplaying feat...

Most gamers don't use forums and I suspect many use more conventional social media like Facebook. In my own group ranging age 18-50+ with up to 12 in the entire phone tree think i am the only poster here on a regular basis and there is at least one other who was here for some time.

Not playing or DMing right now do to the Covid 19 issue but I'm looking forward to getting back in the proverbial saddle. Now I have not DM'd 5E just yet as players and groups are limited in my area and the group seems to prefer Monster of the Week or other games to D&D . DM/GM a bunch of...

Bards really weren't a thing in early D&D, janky optional AD&D prestige class not withstanding and the game would fine, maybe better without them. Still 5E offers enough interesting "not a lute plonker" variants to make them palatable and I wouldn't limit them in my game.

The main inspiration Mercedes Lackey's Last Herald Mage trilogy had one of the first openly gay protagonists, Vanyel Ashkeveron . What set him apart was that while his societies reaction to his sexuality challenged him at times, it didn't define him. His heroism did. A great hero who happens...

I have the entire original and True 20 run of this game and love it . Its the only other "appendix N." I've basically finished entire as I am fan of the sub-genre Aldea is a pastiche-homage-love letter to Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar books seasoned thoroughly with the rest of romantic fantasy...

I'm not defending his views here as I don't share them but they aren't that odd for an American. D&D though has a very large, highly conservative following especially in the US. The games two creators were both devout Christians (Gary was regarded himself as a born again Christian and Dave...

We used to store charterer sheets on cartridges for a Texas Instruments 994A computer back decades ago It held the whole party but just barely. Funny enough I've gone semi Luddite and try to discourage tech at the table as too much of it, smart phones, tablets and the like distracts from...