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Is there information that could go into a heritage's culture that would make it more conceivable to have such a person raised in that culture? Surely there are humans under the rule of the Aldemeri Dominion and humans raised in Aerenal.

What a good point! The question of cloaca is pretty interesting when we begin to deconstruct sex and gender! I'm going to keep your recommendations on lizardfolk, dragonborns, tieflings, etc. on my mind, but for what it's worth, Blessing of the Firstborn is written in such a way that the GM can...

@tetrasodium Thanks for what you said about human heritage, I wrote that! Re: FR vs. non-FR cultures. I for one did not cut my teeth on fantasy RPGs with Dragonlance or Forgotten Realms, so these settings are not the center of my world (although I make myself familiar with them for the sake of...

Thank you, I'm so exceedingly flattered! My twitter handle is @joshgntry and I just asked the folks to add it to my info page. Curating a web presence is really not my strength, so you hit the nail on the head. Still, thank you for saying what you said. Edit: And to be clear, I am only a...

The Shin Megami Tensei video games get very creative and oddly specific about a lot of world mythology figures, especially as it pertains to angiology, but still I think those representations are respectful. It seems to me that if you are going to create an entity for a game, you could use a...

Ahh--with the non-magical bards, I'd also be happy if the bard remained a spellcaster, but folks had to make an extra check to see their "na-na-ni-boo-boo"s as being a spell with verbal and somatic components!

I like the creativity behind the Pathfinder elohim above, but I think that--as a Lovecraftian parody of the god of Deism--it should go by a different name. The characteristics and powers of the creature don't seem to be the fruit of deep engagement with the source material.

I would like for each classes to have a wide variety of flavor options clerics who are clothies barbarians who cast spells while raging gish options for spellcasters bards who actually represent non-spellcaster tricksters like Merry, Pippin, Link, and Jaskier. viable elemental-specialized...

When is it shipping to backers?

Extremely illuminating. I'm devastated. On a personal note, I'm so sorry Orion. We don't know each other I don't think, but as a fellow queer person I also want to make TTRPGs a better place for us. It is unacceptable for you to be chewed up and spat out like that. I am certain your work is...

Looking at the Hebrew, Jacob wrestled elohim (divinity / a god / God), not an angel! :) And yeah, Jacob is awesome! So is Ehud and most of the heroes from Judges. But going back to Jacob, he and David are both three-dimensional, complex characters both with epic feats and foibles. I really...

1) I wonder why all the text options are in the past tense. It reads clunky. And what--is this story told in media res? 2) WHY can't I play as a Dragonborn?

A few years ago, EN5ider produced an article called "Dia de las Dinosaurios Muertos." (Or however you spell dinosaurs in Spanish.) There was some concern about how the author did a lot of research on the subject matter, but seemed to over-mystify certain elements, and I think they also used the...

Josh here, author of the cardcaster. I'm so happy y'all like it! Please feel free to PM me with any stories you guys have with cardcasters at the table! :)

In terms of liberation theology and decolonizing theology, she would in fact be Lawful Good!

A real conversation about probability will also discuss isolating variables. There are many factors that contribute to the natural functions of a given die's probabilities; dice are actually not random, and we take their unknown and forgotten orientation as being synonymous with random. There...

I just want to point out that this is a great starting point for your Evil campaign! There's a mechanic in here that helps the players stab everyone except each other. :p

The Chinese had a semi-colonial-like influence on Japan; when Japan uses Chinese-style writing, they call it "kanji" and it is very intelectual and formal to use. Even though Japan is very proud of their destinctive identity, their Chinese influence is plain as day.

Both "caballero" and "cavalier" have the root word for horse in them, meaning that these particular kinds of knights are horsemen.

I really liked that 4e tried to do a cosmic sorcerer, and I was disappointed when it was apparently subsumed into the Wild Magic build. Sorcerers from astrological magic makes a lot of sense, so I'm happy to offer this as an option to my players.