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  1. Jacob Lewis

    D&D 4E Rambling thoughts about D&D 4th Edition

    I don't know who made it or where I found it originally. I had it safely tucked away in my folder archive for everything 4e. (I might have other hidden treasures buried in there I forgot about...)
  2. Jacob Lewis

    D&D 4E ChatGPT vs 4e!

    I just spent the last few days with ChatGPT and convinced it to change it's mind about 4e. The revolution is at hand! * :LOL: * Don't read too much into this. It'll just spoil the fun that was intended. ;)
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  5. Jacob Lewis

    How many were abused due to their love of D&D, RPGs, and related items when they were young?

    The abuse has only evolved so that we can be attacked, ridiculed, mocked, and judged by the people we thought would be the most understanding and supportive. Instead, they are often the cruelest and most unreasonable persons encountered in this hobby. They would rather wage endless war defending...
  6. Jacob Lewis

    Evil Drow Statblocks to Return in Forgotten Realms Rulebooks Later This Year

    You misunderstood me. I was referring to Multiverses in the general corporate sense of making everything content and core so I can be a target audience regardless of my feelings or preferences. EDIT: I'm also referring to more than just D&D, or even D&D-related. My mistake for being too vague...
  7. Jacob Lewis

    Evil Drow Statblocks to Return in Forgotten Realms Rulebooks Later This Year

    I'm so tired of all these Multiverses...
  8. Jacob Lewis

    Dungeons & Dragons Dumps Disclaimers From Book Credits Page

    They can claim it's not a new edition, but it's certainly a new era.
  9. Jacob Lewis

    How likely are you to use D&D for your next game?

    The question posed is addressing a singular person ("you"), but every answer available suggests a response is made by a group ("we"). That changes the perspective from individual preference to group consensus. Should the question have been "How likely is your group..."? Personally, I don't...
  10. Jacob Lewis

    RPG Evolution: Game Cancelled, Now What?

    I can appreciate what you went through, and about holding people to standards. Some of us make great efforts to ensure we get the most out of our time when it is available to do the things we love. I've no time for people who place less value on those activities, or the time invested to indulge...
  11. Jacob Lewis

    RPG Evolution: Game Cancelled, Now What?

    I can apply this to a total loss of gaming. I've basically given up and called it quits in the last few years, and tried to find other adjacent hobbies to fill that void, like painting minis, playing more video games, and listening to more music. Sadly, that longing never really goes away, but...
  12. Jacob Lewis

    Theater of the Mind and VTTs: Oh Brave New World...

    Most of the popular VTTs flaunt really cool features that highlight things that are often difficult or expensive to do at a real table. Things like line of sight, fog of war, or just having a plethora of unique, large, well-drawn maps at the ready. This promotes a specific, but common, style of...
  13. Jacob Lewis

    The D&D 4th edition Rennaissaince: A look into the history of the edition, its flaws and its merits

    "100%" tells me that you're just not willing to take that chance. You lack faith that anyone else could possibly want something different, or that you won't have anyone to play things your way. 4e already proved that there is some section of the population that not only accepted the radical...
  14. Jacob Lewis

    The D&D 4th edition Rennaissaince: A look into the history of the edition, its flaws and its merits

    Let me try this another way. This was absolutely a Dungeons & Dragons game. No question about it, even for those who argue in the manner that you describe. We know who they are, and why we reserve a grain of salt for everything they say after. It is, in fact, my favorite expression of that game...
  15. Jacob Lewis

    The D&D 4th edition Rennaissaince: A look into the history of the edition, its flaws and its merits

    PF2 took a lot of good ideas from 4e, but I'm never going to accept that it occupies the same space as 4e, or even D&D for that matter. And that is entirely my point. PF2 is better because it wasn't beholden to prior systems or legacies. It broke some molds and redesigned some old ideas, but in...
  16. Jacob Lewis

    The D&D 4th edition Rennaissaince: A look into the history of the edition, its flaws and its merits

    So 4e wasn't the problem. "D&D" was the problem. If 4e was designed without the need to shoehorn a completely different system designed for multiple, specific styles of play, it could've been so much better. D&D held it back from doing things better because it was safer to bet on the legacy and...
  17. Jacob Lewis

    The D&D 4th edition Rennaissaince: A look into the history of the edition, its flaws and its merits

    I wish people would stop cautioning others for daring to dream... Maybe its just better to stop relying on others, hoping they fulfill them for us. fingers crossed It wasn't really a question. If it were, it'd be rhetorical. Oh, Vandal Hearts! I forgot about that one! Probably a couple more I...
  18. Jacob Lewis

    The D&D 4th edition Rennaissaince: A look into the history of the edition, its flaws and its merits

    I have. The best review I've read about it describes it something like "playing with an incompetent DM, which is about as close to the real pen and paper experience as you can get". I think it's pretty acurate. But this is leading to an entirely different conversation. ToEE is nothing like...
  19. Jacob Lewis

    The D&D 4th edition Rennaissaince: A look into the history of the edition, its flaws and its merits

    People need to stop fixating on comparisons to MMOs, especially World of Warcraft. Aside from attempts to disparage the system, there is really nothing in the way either game plays that are even close. And most people who like 4e never want it to be otherwise. If anything, 4e actually has more...
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