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I'm still cheezed off by the one time I had to give my fingerprints, about a decade ago. Apparently someone with a similar birthdate and place of birth had committed some kind of crime, and as I am a teacher I had to go into the police station and have them fingerprint me to prove I wasn't a...

I'm pretty embarrassed that I didn't catch that, given that I taught the CT as a TA in grad school. Obviously, there is no Ratcatcher's Tale.

It's first in the "General Prologue" - all the pilgrims meet at a tavern (The Tabard - it was an actual place that Chaucer knew), and that's where they come up with the idea for a tale-telling competition. Pilgrimage was the one event where people from the different estates (commoners, clergy...

I'd need to see it in practice before I decide whether I like it or not. I'm seeing a lot of white room examples in this thread that seem very unlikely to apply to my games, and it is much easier to think of situations where circle casting could cerate a cool moment, or allow me to do some...

The Canterbury Tales, baby. And it's still never been topped. Edit: okay, maybe Star Wars.

Thinking more on Anathem, and it is really striking to me how much of a throwback sci-fi novel it is in terms story structure. When you read old sci-fi stories, like from Amazing Stories in the 1920-30s, they are often super didactic and often the tale is told from the perspective of Scientist...

I'm still reading Anathem. I can admire the complex world-building and ambition, but...man. There is so much exposition, and that's not even counting the literal dictionary entries that are a significant part of the text. In a way, it's very old school sci-fi, with a bunch of scientists and...

I especially love your second point, as I don't think we discuss it often. The aspirational aspect of games with character progression is incredibly important (and also basically a D&D innovation...maybe the D&D innovation). Even if, realistically, you are unlikely to reach max level, it is fun...

I realized that I reccomended Exandria as a fairly standard D&D setting, but updated, but didn't explain what "updated" means. Basically, no species is "evil" just because, so while specific species will tend to dominate specific regions, as in most fantasy settings, it is not unusual to find...

I routinely ignore the language entry in the MM, so I had no idea they didn't speak Common. Yeah, you want Nothics to speak Common. Crazy, convoluted, confused Common, but ithat's what makes interactions with them fun.

You’re not really offering criticisms. Mostly just insults. CR seems to really anger you. It’s hard to take you seriously when you’re this mad at a show. Have fun with that.

One other key selling point: all the CR books are on DnDBeyond, including the Maps VTT.

Or if, as you already point out, you are looking for an up to date, fairly standard fantasy setting. Of which category it is currently the best option offered by WotC, in many opinions. Maybe that will change when the next FR source book arrives. Dark Sun is not currently available so that’s...

I know that these sorts of tiers appeal to lots of folks. I hate them. I think that threat inflation leads to boring, predictable stories where the stakes no longer really matter. And I think that's why so few campaigns run to high levels: the stakes have become unrelatable. Above all, I do not...

I would love to see a setting guide built around Vasselheim, along with a series of short adventures. It's one of the first Critical Role settings, played a big role in Campaign 1 and a significant role in Campaign 3, but has lots of room for development.

I went with wayfarer for my monk precisely because sailor didn't make sense and wayfarer was the second best option.

Command is way more useful now, and I like it, but I still allow players to be creative with the commands because usually they choose something funny and entertaining (e.g. "poop"). It's still risky because you've wasted your turn if the opponent saves, but now players are actually using it.

I'm far from a hard core min-maxer, but I have to agree with @ECMO3 that the way backgrounds are currently done leads to some weird fits if you are trying to find a background that complements your class, and I do think that is something that most experienced players at least think about. You...

BTW they were attached to D&D. As in, directly pushed by TSR. Greyhawk was drawn from Gygax's home campaign and then brought in as the first default setting, and then Forgotten Realms was heavily pushed by TSR as the new default setting to displace Greyhawk. Neither of them "caught on"...

Can you count the Cornetto films as a trilogy in the same sense as Star Wars 4-6? I love all three, especially the first two, but while they share actors, themes (to a certain degree), and pay homage to each other with some gags, there's no shared story or even shared world. To me, it feels...