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As a vote, I have never really been frustrated with 5e... or 4e... or 2e. But, I suppose, that is because I have been lucky and fortunate to have played all these games with great people.

Out of curiosity, how do you handle something like an orc? For my world, I have it in more of a cursed form: long life, unable to control emotion, not able to procreate, bound by its curse, etc. The cursed magic infected a large population and turned them slowly, making them even significant...

This was what I was going to suggest. A god filled land, but it was debated as to whether they actually exist.

Yeah, even though I haven't played a lot of PF2, I like what they did to their monsters. That said, I still think the best way to handle it is to create your own unique sources for the problematic ancestry monsters of you choose to use them like undead, demons, etc.

I went with one. Most of their actions have little impact on me, and in my opinion, the common consumer. The OGL outrage, the twisting of truths, etc. are really only seen by the deep fans. That said, WotC often responds to those deep fans because those deep fans are in a unique position over...

Like all RPG philosophies, what is espoused is often contradicted by what is in practice. The "bad" DM May I scenario is only relevant for some when discussing backgrounds or species or point buy. Yet, at other junctions of the game, DM May I is wholly accepted. I really think it boils down...

Well, to be fair the internet forums have never really been the place to see diversity of opinion. I think, and I have said this many times before on here, that if we all sat down at each other's tables, the game would run just fine. In fact, we'd probably see a 99% commonality in the game when...

Both of these are true. But there are a lot of things in D&D that you can point a finger at that operate under this same premise. DMs allowing Tasha's +2/+1. This was fought by many, and caused enough debate to warrant several hundred page threads on this site. DMs allowing certain races has...

I like underdogs, so I am going to finger-cross that your fighter with crossbow & shield makes it to fourth level, and then retires from adventuring because he realizes he's just gotten lucky. ;)

Well, the thing is, I never said that. I have repeated the same thing over and over. Notice in both of these, the only thing I say is that a turn will take longer, and therefore, by proxy, a round will take longer. If there are fewer rounds, then it might even out or even shorten combat. We do...

The figure with the staff looks great! And who doesn't love Saltmarsh!

Not to debate this, because we don't know. All of our experience with the new ruleset, especially the printed versions in the PHB, are limited. But we do know that adding options and reactions takes more time. Players trying to decide what to do takes longer. It is the reason the wizard's turn...

That is really cool.

The Nazgul is hilarious. :) Thanks for sharing.

We don't know if combat will take longer or be shorter. In my experience of using many different systems, the length of combat will be table dependent. For some tables, it will be shorter. For others, longer. But the fact is we have no source to say the 2024 ruleset uses fewer rounds. That is a...

I think you might have misunderstood. The quote below is what I am referencing: I bolded the part that is important. To that quote I responded - "It does." Why? Because it does. There is no question that more choices and reactions lead to longer rounds of combat. It does. It's the difference...

Those skeleton sidewalls are awesome!

I second this question. :)

That looks incredible!

Just got back from some Alaskan hikes. If you ever need a Dwarven valley of place where a white dragon lives - it's there! Here is one of our hikes over Crow Pass. This view is from the middle of the pass, looking down and up respectively.