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What a fun thread to necro. The problem is that with no control, no effort being put forth to diversify, the result will NOT be people being hired by merit alone. Those doing the hiring will avoid hiring the diverse hire in favor of someone "more like me" or "more like the rest of the team" or...

I think dwarves are probably one of the most thoroughly pigeonholed D&D races. I think a lot of it has to do with so much focus placed on their professions (Pick One: Miner, Stonemason, Smith) that it leaves the race feeling a bit one-dimensional. Another angle I have seen more than once...

I feel like the Studied Adversary feature should be broadened out to be a general "I am an expert on monsters" ability. As it is, a ranger can switch it out after a long rest, which kind of defeats the purpose of it being a "monster grudge" type of ability. I think that concept has outlived it's...

We're applying game-world logic to some pretty ancient stories so we gotta have a little wiggle room to make anything fit. The form is there -transforming a staff into a snake- and I doubt the resemblance is coincidental.

Another pre-existing Jewish magical item is the Staff of the Python. Moses tells Aaron to throw his staff down in front of the Pharoh and it will turn into a snake. Aaron does, and it does. (The visiers of the pharoh do the same thing, only they use magic. Aaron's snake eats all the other...

I would be curious how most DM's describe these visits to the afterlife. I think at my table we always assumed a sort of afterlife amnesia. Or the character might experience some kind of holding pattern, the "tunnel of light" or similar.

I think the base assumption of D&D is that Resurrection is fairly common. I say this because it is treated like a non-issue, just something PC's might need to spend their treasure on. Also, I think most DM's want to continue to provide reasonable opposition to the players at 9th level and...

If I am not too late... Mage: The Podcast Mage: The Podcast Category: Talk Why: Mage: The Ascension is a fascinating RPG and there is a lot that can be said about it, both helpful and not. Mage: The Podcast does a great job of presenting the game in a coherent way and discussing Mage and how it...

5e combat feels very blow-by-blow to me. There's wiggle room for a little bit of narrative seasoning, but for the most part, it feels like 1 die roll = 1 swing of your weapon. This isn't supposed to be the case narratively, but the mechanics tell a different story. Looking at the last samurai...

My complaint isn't that FR "dared to be different." I am fine with FR being different. I would encourage FR to be as unique as it can be. My complaint is that FR faithless and real world atheists/agnostics share so much in common that they are both the same thing, and the writers of FR have gone...

This would be what has been termed as the "Thermian Argument." It's named for the Thermians in Galaxy Quest, an alien race that has no concept of fiction, and treats all texts as historical. In short, the Forgotten Realms isn't real. They could have constructed the afterworlds of FR any way...

And down the philosophical rabbit hole we go. Unfortunately, despite the impressive power the gods wield in FR, and the presence of magic both divine and arcane, and even the text directly stating that they are gods, for the (imaginary) inhabitants of that world they are really still at square...

In any event, the idea that the reason Grendel attacked Heorot was because of noise is not an invention of Gaiman's. https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/lit/beowulf/chapter-1/

I would like to do a campaign where I flesh out and explore the undersea races of D&D. Sea Elves, Tritons, Locathah, Merfolk, Sahuagin, etc. Why do so many of them mistrust surface people? How does an aquatic society work without the technology of the world above (forged metal, liquid...

The local community college has the Reiver as their mascot. According to them, a reiver is a river pirate. Iowa Western Community College

I was going to suggest Mage Made Easy as well. In my experience with the game, the very broad scope of the game, along with the scope of power tends to lead games to be very... disjointed. Characters need some reason to associate and work together, and "you're all members of the traditions"...

I enjoy learning the rules for a game, because it is like an introduction to all of the different toys you can play with. But when it comes to learning enough to be GM, it can be a bit of a chore because you need to anticipate the sort of questions and needs you might come across by playing.

But is it a god? Does it deserve our worship?:hmm: Oh wait, of course it does... something something 4th edition something something some people might not like it.

All worship the status quo. All worship the status quo. All worship the status quo.

And thus the lesson was learned for all eternity: never change anything. Ever. Everything must always stay the same. All worship the status quo. All worship the status quo. All worship the status quo.