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I have a theory. A lot of people have their identities wrapped up in their hobbies and fandoms. If that thing is not treated seriously and as a thing innately worthy of respect, are they? I think this resounds doubly so with 'nerd activities.' A lot of people into these activities spent ages...

A discussion about the 1E/2E 'balanced across time' paradigm with regards to the balanced-party paradigm should probably mention that the 1E/2E thief was a quasi-mandated* role, starts out low-power, and ends up low-power (despite a favorable xp chart). *not as much as a cleric, bashing in doors...

Not currently playing 2014. If a new D&D game pops up, it could be 2014 or 2024, depending on the people who end up being able to play. With regard to the overall question of "how are you reacting to the 2024 update?," my IRL group general attitude is generally "it's there."

I don't know about too mean, but there's definitely community baggage surrounding suggesting that someone else is effectively playing/wants to be playing/would be better off playing a video game. I think the described people (if/when they exist) are looking to play the gameplay loop they came...

I'm mixed on that product -- most of my complaints are about what they didn't do, rather than what they did*. However, I noticed that (a subset of) the fanbase in general had issues with various violations of universe lore/continuity (changelings being vulnerable to vacuum, etc.). Given the...

That was not the intended point of the comment you referenced. Since it is the second time, I was clearly not clear and I will edit my response. It is fairly germane to my other post (regarding OP intent), though, so I'll combo off of it. My interpretation was that Captain Power's situation is...

I'm not talking about which community we are discussing. We can split this up between the fandom and general audience all we want and have multiple different ratings. What I mean is-- by nature of the terms 'over-' and 'under-rated'--aren't we talking about the opinions of others, not ourselves...

Wonderful, but isn't the topic of discussion whether these IPs are under- or over-rated by the community at large others, not ourselves? I'm not sure how this statement pertains to my point. *Edited because people have not been catching my intended meaning.

<quotes cut to cover singular topics> This is why I think thread like this need more first post defining of terms. To me, under/over-rated suggest what those that know a thing think of the thing. If more people should know about the thing, that would be a thread about what would be more...

It's certainly notable as a return to form, rather than in absolute terms. Regarding the magic items -- this is true, but it was decidedly different from 3e/4e, right? They were random, and without concrete purchasing rules. You couldn't plan around them -- pick weapon...

I don't think the throughline is mechanics, so much as it is approach. The rest of the TSR era was had more expectations about what characters would do. GP=XP focusing much of the game on treasure-hunting, wandering wilderness monsters soft-gating when you would shift from strict dungeon...

My group's next game will undoubtedly not be D&D, and that will have little if anything to do with 5e, 5.24, WotC, or any other recent development in the D&D-sphere. We are simply a multi-game-system group and not wedded to D&D and all it's direct kin. If you're playing Shadowdark or DCC or...

I would posit that there is no consistency on that when applied generally. Starting with the wrench example as going one way, a counter is Star Trek. Some 1966-69-era star trek fans insist that their thing is just plain Star Trek, not 'Star Trek: the Original Series,' but anyone trying to...

Some of us aren't even snappy-dressed (getting corpse-juice out of worsted wool is a dry-cleaning nightmare). Anyways, there have been a number of threads where people have just lit into Mearls for things he's said (that do not align with their preferred interpretation). Now, there have been...

Assuming for the sake of argument that the bladesinger will still want a decent str or dex for the non-Truestrike attacks, how do you think this will compare to a 2014 bladesinger using Booming Blade/Green Flame Blade?

I think* there's some missing sub-text. I think people get upset about getting Held or Stun-locked "again," perhaps for despite their best efforts (that to, likely "again"). When a game mechanic is implemented in a way that doesn't seem satisfying, especially if it feels punitive or unavoidable...

There are a few issues that need to be fixed (unless they have since I last checked). I think the Resilient feat lets you give a +1 to an attribute other than the one in which you are gaining save proficiency, and warlocks cannot pick the Lessons of the First Ones invocation more than once...

The Tales of Life bit is kind of an ongoing trend. Similar to how Lore Bard's Cutting Words so outperforms Valor Bard's Combat Inspiration (Offense). Getting to use your inspiration dice to add to an existing sum is never going to compare to getting to do something new (like Tale of Gloam) or...

I often feel like I have no class, it's... oh, that's not what you're saying?

So much this. Can't we have a characters who can put their tertiary stats into the ones that fit their individual character's personality? Especially for martials when this latest game update has found even more ways for casters to use their casting stat with their weapons?