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I had issues with Minus One for exactly these reasons. Specifically, I think it promotes the problematic ideology that the Japanese military were victims of WW2, when militarism was one of the main drivers of the Pacific theatre. I don't want to debate the pros and cons of that position as it...

But that example is a REALLY inefficient use of their resources. If players are making those choices, the only way circle casting will "break" games is by making combats a lot harder on players who can't math.

In my own experience, extreme long range is one of the least useful power-ups in the game. Sure, there might be hypothetical situations of attacking dragons at 1000 feet or whatever, but extreme range is so, so seldom an actual issue in my games that anything more than 120 feet may as well be a...

Not to mention that there is an assumption that it is advantageous to have frontline warriors, who soak most of the damage, be responsible for maintaining concentration, which keys off damage taken. Yes, some (not all) martial classes are proficient in Con saving throws (my monk isn't), but they...

Let’s not make this another thread about casters vs martials. In looking at these rules, nothing is really jumping out as particularly problematic in the context of my games and typical party compositions. But I’ll have to play with them a bit to see if that is actually true. I’m more worried...

Well...not for the DM. Because I can think of lots of ways for me to use it to set up interesting challenges, as I can have as many spellcasters as I need. But yeah, I don't see it having much impact from a player's perspective. Hopefully the occasional creative use.

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...