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I think you take this too far. The OP may be unhappy. But I think the great majority of players are quite happy. Yes, this issues exists. But there are multiple solutions available and the best solution depends on a groups preference in playstyle. You can be interested in how to improve a...

Agreed. Though IMO 5E seriously lacks diverse options as well are your comments remaining true.

I agree with this. But, again, I think this point comes completely back to "give the people what they want". Given a choice between a warlock repeatedly blasting so that it feels like a fighter with his sword (definitely agree with that point) and the warlock having to pull out a crossbow, the...

I think the prevalence and homogeneity are only mildly related. Mostly the homogeneity makes the prevalence stand out. For the prevalence, I don't think it is really that much more than even the 1E days. The big difference obviously being at wills. But, as I stated earlier, I think that low...

A lot of people strongly prefer (or even feel compelled) to play the game exactly as written. 5E, as written, is a dumbed down game. But now that I've played that card, let me be clear that I don't think 5E is dumbed down AT ALL. 5E is built to be adaptable. And in that pursuit RAW 5E takes...

I'm not sure what you mean. In 5E higher STR = higher damage and/or higher DEX = higher damage. It seems really clear that "harder" and/or "more vital spot" are the implied reasons. And I think Great Weapon Fighting is the RAW 5E stand-in for Power Attack, particularly given that the trade...

IMO, from the perspective of a typical player you are wrong here. The player plays once or twice a month for a few hours. For that brief time they get the fresh feeling of their character doing something that is rare. The fact that the player sitting right next to them can also do it, and...

This view has frustrated me since at least the early 3E days. A rule that provides a means of achieving an end does not prohibit all other means of achieving that end. Power attack is a good example from the 3E days. It was a common complaint that anyone without this feat could not hit...

Falling has added effect for every "1" rolled, keep it scary (but not more than fighting a dragon) Alternate language rules that require the actual player to omit letters when speaking depending on how well they know the language.

Heh, this is certainly very true. And if I may play a touch abstract with it, I think the issues are related, if at least as distant cousins. The ability to deliver product has evolved with the modern economy. McDonalds approach was perfect for the 70s and 80s, but today it has a lot of...

Some may recall that WotC made note to point out the common presence of crossbows in the preview art for 3E. It was a big deal that low level casters would have more ways to "do things" (i.e. - kill kobolds after their 2 1d4+1 magic missles were gone) At the time I was positive on it. But it...

Hear Hear!!! :)

This is dead on right. As someone once said, "Use the rules, don't let the rules use you". 5E RAW is really very simplistic in a lot of places. There has been a lot of call over recent years for simple games with low entry points and ease of play for new entries. But there is also a lot of...

The One Ring was the One Ring. Gandulf did not make that true by throwing it into the fire. He brought nothing into being. He discovered a pre-authored truth. There is appeal to this paradigm. keyword: seems Right, they are characters. The truth exists. They don't know what it is. For a...

For a very long time I've said that 3E was quite capable of supporting the "4e-style" of play..... UNTIL 4E came along and was custom made for that style. A lot of 4E fans were quite content with 3E but would never ever go back once they had the chance to play 4E. (The fact that there were...

Certainly, and I don't dispute this. But I don't see you saying anything I didn't already agree with anyway. As you said, the One Ring *is* the One Ring. The players choices may have HUGE impacts on what happens with that fact and how the story proceeds. And numerous new facts may come to be...

No, I understand quite well and you seem to be simply obfuscating the point. Whether the DM or players make the changes is completely beside the point. Again, to me this jarring inability to get what I'm saying points to the preconceived notions and inability to look at it differently, which...

This is all cool. I would hate it. There is zero perception on my part that this Schrodinger's aspect of whether it was or was not the one ring was ever in play. I have never discussed the books or movies with anyone and received the slightest indication that they felt that a character not...

If it was simply a guessing game as stated there, I would not like that either.

I was referring to the general statement you made. But even in your specific case one being right and the other being wrong does not lock down the success/failure options. But this just comes back to the role-playing vs. being a author conversation. Gandalf had no say in whether or not...