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He didn't say it was his idea... and why would he make stuff up? I don't believe for a second he'd lie about it like he was just being capricious. If anything he was enthusiastic to the point it made him generous with his time and information. So yeah - HE did make a good point, and you're...

I always thought that but never mentioned it in conversation (as above). Nevertheless, I am sure you are correct - both to think it and mention it as a notable omission thusfar, and now corrected. :)

Ah hello again - still focussing on the minutiae and missing the big picture eh? I might be wrong but it does seem to be a theme of yours. I have some more minutiae for you, just in case they didn't occur to you; Cloak of Elvenkind Ring of Invisibility ORCS Goblins (of the non-fae variety) The...

Elves - Tolkien adaptation of Norse folklore Dwarves - Tolkien adaptation of Norse folklore Halflings - entirely made up by Tolkien Rangers - entirely made up by Tolkien Party of Adventurers on a quest against an evil overlord in a Fantasy World - Tolkien was the first to write this in this...

You just won't let go of labels will you. Nice to be able to summarise someone else's life experiences by putting them in a box which you can dismiss out of hand I suppose. What the lot of you telling me 'I don't see it' indicates to me is that your view of racism is too narrowly focussed. You...

I have quoted the only part of your post I agree with. You seem in this particular context to have a narrow perspective on what race means however. I am married to a Russian and lived for years in Hong Kong, where I became close with a Jewish family whose son was a good friend at school. I...

Don't forget that last bit!!!!! An NDA is a legally binding CONTRACTUAL arrangement which CANNOT obviate anyone's right's to disclose CRIMINAL ACTS. The fact any personnel acting on Paizo's behalf acted like it was shows dangerous ignorance, gross negligence and a disgusting attitude to the...

I acknowledge your point on the transfer of full creative control. However, you have also said you disagree with "a lot" of what I said, but I only really said two things, and you dealt with the second separately from that comment. So, if you do in fact think that the Chultans, as people of...

If you expect to retain any credibility whatsoever, you cannot on the one hand say that the author was merely made "uncomfortable" about the adventure, and that this was not in fact an accusation of racism against WotC and conflate this with your response to the comment about Vikings and modern...

Forgotten Realms is a bland kitchen-sink setting with a whole bunch of racial and cultural clichés in it. Northern barbarians anyone? They are less advanced than the Chultans 'because Vikings', and Barbarians are a Int stat dump raging murder hobos 'because Vikings'. I wonder how sensitive...

I suggest you review the entire thread and understand what I clearly said at the start and made clear during, that I have been making my point entirely upon the unfairness of the RESULTS of the dice, not the action of rolling them. If you want to argue that the results of a poor set of dice...

It was indeed an analogy, relevant only to the issue of playing a game. If you want your games to have randomly generated advantage and disadvantage for players, then great - do that. Knock over a few of your own pieces when you start a game of chess, or lose a couple of players from your...

Actually I am using the word fair in the same way it is used in the legal system - where 'fair and equitable' is a well known term. It is also the common understanding of the word. If someone is standing in the lunch queue at school and you randomly determine how many sausages one gets over...

This argument that the character you get is fair because you all had equal use of a method that produces variable results, sometimes widely variable in numbers you will be forced to feel the consequences of in every game you play is a patently ridiculous one. Just try pulling that stuff on MMO...

Everyone rolls the same dice just the once, and have to live with the results for the rest of the game. I will answer each of your points in turn. You make the point yourself, oddly. I suppose that it is because it is beyond obvious that it is the results of the method we are talking about...

Rolling is inherently unfair to players. It was bad enough in 3rd edition where large progression numbers meant the early advantage given by these was ameliorated over level progression. But in 5th Edition, with bounded accuracy, random imbalance in stats is massively unfair. Why should ONE...

Useless advice unless you can lend me your 'better person detector' or the rose tinted glasses you remember previous games through...

Been GM'ing since 1978 - the relevance of which is that I have NEVER seen a poor stat array on a 'I rolled these stats while you weren't watching' character sheet. I have seen a fair share of them while I HAVE been watching. Apparently I have a local luck-dampening field that follows me around...

Interesting - there is certainly no lack of advancement in Conan, so that must be a Star Trek iteration thing (as I said, I haven't tried it). Understanding how useful story declarations are comes with time - my players didn't see the usefulness of them either, but then the penny dropped and...

As usual WaterBob is critical, and vocally so about this latest iteration of the 2d20 system. One wonders if we are going to hear the same critical point of view every time one of these comes out with the same core mechanic. I guess we are - despite it being logical to assume that WaterBob...