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I was actually thinking exactly this, but I was also thinking about "Eleven" from Stranger Things, who for a lot of people (especially new-to-D&D) will probably seem like the textbook example. Even they sometimes use "somatic components". So, I could probably see ignoring verbal and/or cost-less...

Since this thread is now about analyzing the motivations of this imp I asked an artist who happens to be female and have no real bias on the piece or artist, their opinion. FWIW they instantly determined that the imp wasn't actually looking at her body, based on the pupils. Also FWIW they...

Thanks for this thread, I bought Art and Arcana which does some of these comparisons but this has shown me a few things by laying them out by edition rather than side-by-side comparisons. For instance, one of my biggest issues with 4e art is that; 90% of it was "One or two characters, holding...

Agreed... except it is not exclusively a male fantasy by any means.

AFAIK there hasn't been an art director for D&D that could be referred to as "he" since 5e came out.

Half-elves. It seems like there is a lot of demand for "almost human".

I can think of one boardgame that named an expansion "The Expansion" (after they botched the name the first time), surely this is the way of the future. Before long all expansions released will be "Expansion 2" "Expansion 3" etc. it's just a really great strategy in every way, leave it to Wotc...

But "Player's Handbook 2" is so evocative, so inspiring, surely something of great value is lost if that (apparently?) sacred cow dies. Think of the children.

It's not the mechanic that makes the difference between death and saving throws, it's the consequences. People wanted less save or die/really really suck, so it's the default now. If you increase the consequences it has a higher chance of producing a record scratch moment, but then you would...

This is truly an epic level swindle. First they put sets of dice in the $20 starter sets, then they offer fancy full sets or even sets with a bunch of extra dice, like the latest one with cards and charts and stuff for $25... and Bam, you've swindled 2000 people into buying $300 sets. Just like...

That would get weird for me as a GM playing evil characters, at the very least. As a player especially though, a large part of why I play is to make decisions based on what the PC feels, not me. Out of curiosity, what keeps you playing ttrpgs? Socializing, improvisation? I can't often bring...

This is surely the future, the hobby needs more GMs and this is the way to encourage that, we just need Wotc to publish some official price lists for home games who don't have the time to work it out. What do I charge for advantage on a roll, for example, a buck seems a little high? The real...

With ethical dilemma's like the trolley problem, trying to find alternate solutions is usually considered dodging the question, because the dilemma and lack of options is the point. TTRPGs aren't like that. I don't think this is true, depending on what you mean by "willingly". For example...

First of all, I don't have a preference for simple, whatever you mean by that. Second of all, the Paladin had many options other than saying "Ok." At least one option was mentioned to result in both people surviving. It's quite simple, I determine how my character feels, the GM determines the...

In pure hypothetical ethical dilemma's we usually try to remove it as a factor and we deal with certainties. In more realistic scenarios it almost always becomes something like; "save this person today at the likely cost of 1000's tomorrow" and "save this person today at the potential cost of...

I don't think my use of the language was incorrect, actually. "Deal" means a lot of things and certainly seems to encompass this as per google; Dragon offers deal "Give me that man and you can live." Dragon gets man, Paladin gets to live, mutually beneficial. Deals don't need to be fair to be...

A man and his injured wife are walking down an alley when confronted by a group of armed guys. They demand he give her over, and say he can go if he does. Knowing she will die, his response is; "Ok.", and he pushes her forward. Without even a "Sorry honey, but I have to save the world, you know...

I would probably make it clear that if someone is continually "knocked unconscious", before long they won't wake up. A character dragging around a person is going to have disadvantage on most things and possibly risk exhaustion. I wouldn't gloss over the fact and would be curious how the other...

You joke but Tortle Monk with Pirate background, they really have covered a lot of bases (not sure what a hobbit turtle would look like, maybe that one halfling picture in the PHB?)