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Indeed. I find it very hard to believe the whole thing was just a straight-up money grab aimed at 3PPs. When the backlash started, royalties were the first thing Wizards jettisoned. But they hung onto the clauses that gave them control... and that let them shut out digital competitors. Looking...

No, the Occam's Razor solution is to scrap the entire class. Scrap all caster classes except one, call it the magic-user, and make it serve all concepts equally. Pick your casting stat, pick your spell list, and you're good to go. And I mean that in all seriousness. There is a very substantial...

That is true, but much of it could be fixed simply by turning the "essential picks" into core features. Agonizing Blast and eldritch blast, for example, should be hardwired into the class*. Hexblade and Thirsting Blade should be merged into Pact of the Blade. Et cetera. I will be very surprised...

The more challenging question is this: Suppose a rug smaller than 1 foot was destroyed entirely. If you cast mending on the room it was in, will the spell re-create the rug if the rug really tied the room together?

For real-life examples of high Int/low Wis, you need only look at Silicon Valley. I'd play the character as someone who is brilliant and efficient at solving the immediate problem, but is prone to overlook collateral damage and long-term consequences. If you're allowed to ignore the Wis...

If it is, they're going to get a C&D right soon. They're using WotC's trademarks liberally there.

It sure sounds that way. They're talking about "editions," plural (though I suppose that could refer to 3E and 3.5E). Of course, just because they are "reviewing" previous editions doesn't mean they will actually go into CC. They might review (for example) 1E, and conclude that it isn't...

I'm going to go with: $59,597,987.99 (Source: Take the opening weekend of "Guardians of the Galaxy" per BoxOfficeMojo, chop it in half because it's not in the MCU, then adjust for inflation since 2014.)

That's purely an invention of Rankin-Bass. Tolkien laid out the present-day state of hobbits in the prologue to LotR ("Concerning Hobbits"). Their numbers have dwindled; they are "estranged" from humans and avoid us with dismay. Their height today rarely exceeds three feet, and by their own...

If you turn them into an eye of fear and flame, they get stun immunity and a +4 Intelligence save, so they can probably shake off the effect before turning back.

Correct. Since a nat 20 does not auto-succeed on a save in 5E, this is effectively a perma-stun for any creature with -2 or worse, unless the target gets their save bonus increased (e.g., by resistance) or receives a spell or effect that removes the stunned condition. By my reading, the stun...

Yeah, this is about where I am. I was very happy with most of what I saw in the first couple packets. Then the OGL business had me on the verge of walking away from D&D entirely. It'll take a while to regain my enthusiasm after that. It doesn't help that arcane casters are and have always been...

Sketchy, I'd think. Much like with the OGL kerfuffle, even if you'd probably win, it won't be a slam dunk where the judge just tosses the suit. It'll be a legal battle most creators couldn't begin to afford. The fan content policy seems like the best chance IMO. Wizards could of course shut you...

That... is a brilliant idea. I've wondered for a long time how one could possibly do justice to the Silmarillion on screen; a sequence of connected but stand-alone movies would be perfect. But it'd be pretty hard to convince the studio not to bollix it up. Most of the stories in the...

I would buy this in a heartbeat.

It's not what you asked for, though, is it? That's not an aberration; it's obviously an undead. It's also underpowered for a CR 7. Mechanically, it's serviceable but not particularly interesting -- all its abilities are standard stuff. The description and history are coherent, but generic and...

IMO, that's why donations to an appropriate charity or cause are the right solution. The material remains available. (I think there is value in being able to see what was done in the past. Also, I would rather not encourage the "'anti-capitalist' is hate speech" company to yank things they deem...

As written: No, I would not. I would, however, consider signing a petition asking Hasbro to improve its "content flags," which right now (AFAIK) consist of a blanket note on all old-edition material. That note should remain, but there could be an additional designation for specific works --...

If I were tasked with using a large language model to build an AI DM, this would be my approach: 1. Create a database which can hold "facts about the game world." These would be in some standardized format (I think there are such formats for knowledge bases). The important thing is that each...

"Deeply unsettled" is the reaction of someone who anthropomorphizes the chatbot. Me, I about died laughing when I read that conversation. (Actual transcript here.) It showcases exactly why you shouldn't anthropomorphize the thing. What it is doing is essentially "yes-anding" itself into lunacy...