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We invest some trust in the DM to provide an interesting environment and challenges. Why the DM? Because they volunteered to DM and I may not feel like DMing. But more to the point—-you asked why it is set up this way. Well, the game was designed that way because the founders thought that...

Sometimes we have to trust people. We choose who to trust. Often the person who wants to GM is taking on that role with good intent. What about ones that don’t? What about bad police? What about bad doctors? If you find you can’t trust one, their roles need to be torched? Up to us all to...

The responsibility of the DM historically is to referee the game and provide challenges and a framework for the world and challenges. The players, historically, are trying to better their position in the game world. This means they will push for wealth and power much of the time without regard...

One of my pets is dying so I can’t tolerate a lot right now. Drinking beer and listening to the Smiths. 🤷‍♂️

Fruit-person weed lover kills Tru-green!

Here is where I am situated: I like 5e. It like every other edition is not perfect. I feel like what was added on layers made new problems. Not horrible ones but issues. I think the new modules will be good enough for use with 2014. That is not nothing but playing the game 2024 and 2014…it...

Like do all the coke so you can keep up?

Well this is a people thing in part and an expectation thing in part… My pals have largely the same wants in a game system. That helps. The others just want to see adventure and chaos. But I leaned a hard lesson a few years back. I DM’d a weekend super event! We had good food…many...

I was a little kid but loved those shows. Benny hill too. Don’t tell

Everything has an upside. I like 5e but when I play it I care a lot less about treasure and magic items. No experience for treasure means we are not pushing to gain every last coin. Hell I will leave treasure for others at times because I don’t care. And there are so many abilities and so...

Some recent design choices seem pretty divorced from entertainment only decisions. But that said, I would not want to go back to descending AC. I admit it was foreign to me when we moved to 3e from 1e in 1999. But we adapted and don’t see a need to go back.

The lack of perspective sometimes astounds. The inability to keep things in perspective and with any sense of proportion can be stunning. I am not referring to anyone in particular but if the shoe fits…

I use hero forge for fun. Then again I have also given gift cards for birthdays from them… In their case free playtime led to me spending over 100 bucks…

I am grateful to Crawford, Mearls and Perkins for making a version of a game that has and continues to give a lot of joy! I am less worried about personal reasons or otherwise for departures and am more interested in how it will change the future. Sadly, it looks like 5.5 is locked in for a...

I think you are right about freeloaders. And I would be interested to know what demographic is buying materials vs. responding to surveys saying they are players. Secondly, agree the company finds a way to make money on a brand or they stop producing product.

I volunteer many of my coworkers as prey for said dire wolves on said island. For science, of course. Are they aggressive toward humans? We need to know.

Son of a…

I buy plenty of the prepainted D&D minis. My brother gets a lot of the prepainted ones. I assume they will be even more expensive too? Especially when I keep buying and have to hire a divorce attorney. Damn all of that was expensive enough already

Well it’s a matter of opinion but I have to agree. As I tinker and go buy foam today to improve My mountain boards, I know the wargamers are fewer and I am a bit skewed. But I do want a bit more wargame in the process of telling a story. As I play now occasionally with my kids, I find a mix...

Well…I am trying to be logical about this. Unless you want to dismantle something entirely, I do think you want some continuity and length of experience in the mix. That said, there is a lot of talk in business and on online hobby enthusiast sites about the need for a diverse design team and...