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I agree. My comment was merely addressing the image of Spidey hiding on the ceiling, nothing more.

It is always and has always been up to the DM what rewards the characters receive. Neither TSR nor WOTC can force them to give out only swords. Did you ever ask your DM for a +1 halberd?

Humans do not perceive everything around them, they can't. I don't have an issue with assuming that characters are doing their best to pay attention. I was just relaying that people not noticing things is normal.

Long ago when I was a kid on vacation with my parents, we were in a hotel. I typically took the stairs and one day I noticed a ladder up to the roof so I climbed up. It was locked of course but as I was at the top of the ladder someone walked into the staircase. He didn't see me there even...

I just disagree, in a game where spells are dependent on a stat, we need numbers. It's not about making decisions, nobody expects the player of a genius to actually be a genius any more than they expect a player with a character with high dex to suddenly start juggling chainsaws. It's no...

We have to have stats to play the game so I don't see an issue with it. I also don't think we can accurately model intellect so this is as good as any. Just because my character can bench press a sofa does not mean I have to be able to do so, same with playing a character with high...

Also, I don't have an issue with the split. Want an absent minded professor? That gal who is who is book smart but continues to make bad decisions and is oblivious when it comes to reading people? High intelligence, low wisdom. The janitor who gives fantastic advice to the kids in the school...

My version of the underdark is a bit different from most, but I've done a couple different things. Mushrooms have been bred to have a reedy stalk for one. The drow have special concoctions they use to soften bone so their shafts are made from victims and slaves that have outlived their...

Do I though? Once again - it's just as much where to stop. My quick list sounds reasonable but it is by no means comprehensive. Of course it's all just personal preference I was just explaining why I chose to go the route that I do.

My point is that it is and always has been up to the DM to decide what loot is handed out. I've had holy hammers, dwarven throwing axes, any number of other things because I can and always have been able to create custom magic items. I don't care what the devs "push" or whether they are just...

I'm not really concerned about 20th century versions of the game. In any case there was never anything stopping a DM from changing that weapon to whatever you wanted, I know I did.

Counting ammunition, unless it's a very unusual situation is just one of the many, many things I just let slide. Like ... every time a character ends up in the water I don't worry about what just got wet. Is there food still okay? When are they going to strip off their armor, clean and oil it...

It's a DM problem, not a D&D design problem. Admittedly it's also one of the many issues I have with modules, there should be more advice about adjusting modules to fit the group. But by design? There's no reason to not be flexible.

They're fine and all, if a bit generic like horoscopes. The one I really disagree with is the bard. They died because they're a bard, no other reason is needed.

Good fight choreography. I don't have Max (or whatever they're calling it now) so I've never watched GoT. But yeah, when your enemy is down and it's a fight to the death skip the monologue.

One of the few movies I remember showing spears as effective weapons was Troy, see below. Other scenes show spears being the main weapon of the armies, although of course they just run at each other in a loose group instead of having any battle tactics and formation but that's movie battles for...

The point I was replying to has to do with raw materials. Iron is an input into the raw material for steel, it is in not steel. Whether or not a wizard could sit down at a forge and make steel the old fashioned way does not mean they understand how they are transforming the iron into steel...

You only highlighted the fabricate spell unless I missed it. If a single spell throws the entire economic system into turmoil (I don't think it does for the reasons I explained), then change the spell. But yes, I do think it's pretty much impossible to really know how the economy would work...

If a spell is that problematic for you and causes so many problems ban the spell. Personally I think if you apply significant restrictions it's not an issue. You still need the raw materials, steel doesn't just grow on trees. So a big part of the expense is raw materials needed for the spell...