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What’s at issue is that using language such as “controlling hearts and minds” is very coded and inflammatory, especially in the current climate.

There is going to be an ongoing tension between the micro of the culture of your game table and the macro of the culture of the hobby overall. This is further complicated by the conflation of internet game culture with actual game culture. While the internet allows for some very engaging...

If you want evil Orcs, you can just do what I did for a campaign. Make them Vikings.

Digging the art.

5e. It works most clearly with the central mechanics of the game.

I think you mention in passing a good point. That enemies using CC who are "bosses" are possibly more permissible, in part because the combats are longer typically and typically can involve larger, more flashy actions overall. I would definitely be more annoyed being stunned for two rounds of a...

Yeah. That is an understandably awkward position to be put in as a player. Judging when to speak up is a skill most people need to develop.

Scale I would think. If it takes say 3 debuffs to create just as frustrating a state as a single stun, stuns are mathematically 3 times worse.

Look, I try to avoid judging another table or GMs. But that is poor form.

So, no, as a one off, losing a turn isnt near as bad as character death. What hurts is that many lose your turn effects are ongoing ones. Each round you check to see if the Hold Person effect ends for example. So I can see how for some, the quick band-aid torn off of "You are dead" means you can...

In essence, expanding on the Bastion rules, with some sort of political frameworks and systems.

Kinda "What if Exalted, but DnD". Could have potential, but I think the system would buckle under the demand of trying to do high end flashy fantasy.

And to again beat my personal drum for a Birthright pitch, make a Birthright setting that is wholly focused on "High Level Play." Like, character generation is lvl 10+. Having it just be another generic western fantasy setting where people play sovereigns isn't going to be enough.

So the issue with a new setting is threading the needle of having it be different enough to be distinct but broad enough to have enough appeal to sell. Smaller publishers don't have to sell thousands upon thousands of copies to consider an effort worth trying. I would love something out of left...

Fond, vague memories of the Spellfire novel makes me have a soft spot for this one for sure. Hoping it gets a bit more of a tweak or two.

A pedantic argument. It's easy enough to recognize that those in favor of AI material generation are eager to muddy the waters of the term.

Zero. AI generated content is corrosive to human culture and achievement.

Good. No organization that gives awards based on achievement should permit AI use.

I'm a fan of 7th. I like the degrees of success/difficulty used. Advantage/disadvantage. Pushing rolls. All good. But the real winner for me is the wealth of solid setting books across time and geography. Western. Dark Ages. A slew of stuff in the traditional 1920s-30s. Weimar Berlin. Gaslight...

Minor gripes being the order of the day... The Minotaur Skeleton description describes them using great axes. Statbock just gives them a slam. I think this was the case with the 2014 ed also. But just irks me irrationally.