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yeah, I’ve had players ask to take mine medium armor feat, which also grants +1 to str or dex, but they want the +1 to go to their spellcasting stat instead. “I don’t have any use for +1 strength or dex” 🤷 it’s + to str or dex, not + to any score.

I was unaware! After looking, it seems that there are a couple bad actors/trolls on the main server though they're not necessarily new to said server. Looks like some folk are happy to have someone to agree with, though. I get it. Im tempted to back it as well! but I'm avoiding it due to ethical...

Some people want to get a win. I cheated as a kid, when I really wanted to "win" aka succeed at the adventure. Eventually I grew out if it, but honestly starting to DM a lot more often "matured" me as a TTRPG hobbyist because I became less invested in my character specifically and more...

GG is still saying that they're inclusive in all their messaging- they're just clearly more interested in getting this made than in distancing themselves from JG. It seems like folk see GG making CSIO as a win, "they can do whatever they want with it, they should run it on Dungeons & Drag...

Don't know, seems like most of the folk on the Goodman Games Discord server are satisfied with how things turned out. I was called "cancel culture people" for saying that the continued relationship with JG was hurting their reputation. I know some people want the product regardless of anything...

I don't think that's Cure Wounds' fault- I think Healing Word is too powerful given 5e14/24 RAW. A5E fixes this a bit since dropping to 0 gives a level of fatigue, but I still think that if Healing Word has to stick around, it should be a touch spell.

Impeccable reasoning! though I still don’t use it at my tables, I will say bravo.

Ok this little screenshot convinced me to check out your psion ;)

Curious take. Why would they use battlemaster maneuvers when they're not a fighter? It's either a reprint, or you need to reference another class for your chosen class. "Another subsystem" is like complaining that sorcerers need to have their own system for sorcery points.

I have to imagine that Mearls was the one that had nostalgia for the Warlord, I remember, him noodling around with design for it on his stream years ago… it was probably more of a passion thing than a response to demand. The new folk in wotc probably don’t have that nostalgia… but maybe someone...

Goodman Games has fulfilled many crowdfunds as well. If the question is “why do you like Goodman Games’ products?” it’s because the writing and style and quality is pretty consistently awesome. Their adventures are really really easy to run (I drop them into DnD all the time), Harley Stroh is a...

Oh absolutely, I'd rather have GG's reputation and my conscience unspoilt than have them making CSIO. Are failed Kickstarters required to return funds? One can take legal action ofc, but that's why I said "it's been years" because afaik nothing's happened on that front.

Agreed, but throwing in "oh and also getting people back their money" as a bad thing was what I was questioning. It's not even debt as we consider it, really, since kickstarter is technically not a preorder service (though we certainly treat it like one).

Everything else aside, is it a bad thing to get burned kickstarter backers their money returned? It's been years, they're not getting it any other way.

That makes sense... it's enough of a PITA to make sure everyone knows their spells and features when everyone's working off of the same basics- to make a unique system with new powers/spells and such would probably result in a lukewarm reception from most players. Leave it to 3pp to push the...

Pre-painted minis were also much more affordable pre-2016/17. I was able to pick up lots of WotC and Wizkids DnD/PF minis, 60-80ish random minis in a box for about $70. Once DnD started taking off in popularity again (the big stranger things/critrole boom :)), those same lots were more like...

I should note that while DCC heavily recommends trying the funnel method, I have had mixed experiences with it. If you're showing the game off to players for the first time, I'd recommend doing a one shot with some level 2 pregens.

As with most things, I think one should understand and practice the system before modifying it. Also, if you can, understanding why certain decisions were made can help (easier in the ttrpg space to ask designers why they did X instead of Y). There are exceptions, ofc, but usually that's for...

That's not soon enough! 😆 Can't wait

Unsurprising review is in https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/heir-of-strahd