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The guy you quoted has 284 posts. I'm not sure if "russian" spambots have that kind of time to while away on forums for niche hobbies. I think the more likely scenario is that people who might comment less often are feeling obligated to speak out about industry practices they find concerning...

Well, if you'd actually read my earlier post, you would know that it's scummy because it encourages the consumer to act against their own best interest in purchasing a product that is a complete unknown. It's the same vein of psychological trick as 'freemium' apps that give a user a small reward...

Well, if you'd actually read my earlier post, you would know that it's scummy because it encourages the consumer to act against their own best interest in purchasing a product that is a complete unknown. It's the same vein of psychological trick as 'freemium' apps that give a user a small reward...

The problem, as Shiroiken already alluded to, isn't due to one single issue. It's a combination of resurrection magic being made available early and cheaply, combined with the death save routine as opposed to dying at 0 hp. Personally this has lead to me house-ruling that no resurrection is...

Figures this scummy practice would come to roost in this hobby sooner or later, though it's a small comfort that it's not wizards directly engaging in it. Pre-order bonuses will always be an under-handed and anti-consumer practice entirely predicated on said consumer riding the hype train enough...

Figures this scummy practice would come to roost in this hobby sooner or later, though it's a small comfort that it's not wizards directly engaging in it. Pre-order bonuses will always be an under-handed and anti-consumer practice entirely predicated on said consumer riding the hype train enough...

The mini-dungeon tome looked awesome at the start, since my 2 groups can sometimes have sketchy schedules with real life constantly getting in the way of D&D (how dare it!), and this could be used for easy filler for temp DMs. Then my enthusiasm withered as I noticed that fully 50% of the book...

Interesting update, glad to see the SAG-AFTRA attempts to procure royalties failed. Most of their other requests were quite reasonable but expecting royalties for VA work was simply asinine. Glad we're seeing more of Xanathar's as well, though actual concrete info has been limited which subdues...

As someone who has DM'd extensively, no. Sometimes the players don't click with your settings or themes as much as you'd like, sometimes they have a lot of real world obligations taking up their thoughts, sometimes they simply can't be bothered to remember all the details of a world they only...

Not in the slightest. You can reach for an analogue tying any fictional culture or race to a real one, but whether or not that matters at all is up to you personally, and if you’re willing to go down that route where does it end? If you did swap them to orcs, does that mean that FR orcish...

Not any spell in particular, but I'd like to see more summons, for one. I get that they're a pain to balance, but it's a really fun archetype with a lot of potential, not only for combat but exploration and possibly social as well. Speaking even more broadly, I'd like spells that are a little...

If we're breaking it down into the simplest terms of offense and defense, I would say offence because that's usually easier for the DM to account for. More specifically though I would rather develop a system where both shine in different scenarios, which is something that D&D 5e has not done...

First off, it's hilarious that you think that D&D is going to have a demonstrable effect on society at large from a moralistic point of view. While D&D has had a mammoth legacy across traditional gaming and the later video-game industry as well, I haven't yet seen any compelling data showing...

Short answer: potentially. While there are certainly some options that are probably too powerful and well known at this point, party synergy is what really ‘breaks’ the game and still will in the absence of those things. Even without GWM, a greatsword fighter with bless and consistent advantage...

As others have already stated, if people just want to have their personal power inflated then you can just increase the point-buy and call it a day, no need to have a bureaucratic committee formed for it. Really though, the initial premise is telling; if your players are only seeking rolled...

I typed a review for ToB of decent length, which you can find under my username/in my profile. Very short version is that yeah, the book is great, and yeah, the monsters are a little over-tuned. I for one don't mind this so much, as I tend to have shorter adventuring days than the recommended...

If your players weren’t interested because a few NPCs with missable, minor dialogue weren’t in the game, they didn’t really want to play at all, I suspect. Same goes with any insignificant blurb in PHB somewhere, it changes nothing whatsoever. Either you were cool with it before and they...

Mostly satisfied. I liked how they made an effort to give some distinct features to the subclasses, but I'd echo the complaints about the class being too broad as a whole and there being too many subclasses for the wizard in general. Ultimately though this is one class that I think was tempered...

Dissatisfied, bordering on very dissatisfied. This is one of the great letdowns of 5e, an overly curated spell list, terrible metamagic system that advances at a snail's pace, and no significant advantages on mileage as opposed to a wizard, which used to be one of their strengths. Subclasses are...

It was absolutely still a blaster in 4e, and a pretty good one once the supplements and feats down the line helped address some of its initial deficiencies. The thing that elevates 4e above 5e warlocks was that the pact boons had a lot more play style effects, like infernal warlocks getting...