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I said it wasn't "strictly so" with regards to it being necessary, but it's become prevalent enough that not having it for a new race/class makes its absence notable. It's not a huge drawback if alternative favored class options aren't present, to be sure, but it's something that's at least...

I'm 99% in agreement with this; the only 1% that I disagree with is that, whenever someone writes a new race, it's necessary (not strictly so, but it's prevalent enough to have become expected) to write a bunch of alternative favored class options for various classes. Likewise, when writing a...

The only time I've ever seen this explicitly systematized in the description of the reincarnate spell is in the version found in Sunburst Games' Intrepid Realms RPG - Revisited Races (Pathfinder First Edition) (affiliate link), which assigns it as a percentage chance (based on caster level) of...

Context is important, but so is recognizing when people use "context" to try and justify a double standard. "It's not wrong when I say it's not" is not a sentiment that can be excused with a simple invocation of "context."

"If you're not with me, you're against me" is a fascistic sentiment, no matter how beautifully you dress it up or how eminent the person saying it is.

My understanding is that, for the people who argued otherwise, they were of the opinion that rings of wizardry, pearls of power, and lots of lots of scrolls would make this a non-issue (and that wizards would take the feats necessary to craft those for themselves if they couldn't be found or...

My gut reaction is that this would always have been a very fine needle to thread. I only ever watched Buffy casually, but to my mind the show's theme was very much about adolescence; that the struggles Buffy and her friends faced were essentially metaphors for the difficulties involved with...

Here's a summary of the recording from NoteGPT: ### Summary of Garycon 18 Dungeons & Dragons Panel This panel at Garycon 18 featured Luke Gyax, founder of Garycon and son of Gary Gygax (co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons), alongside Dan (Dan M. or Dan A.), the then-new head of the Dungeons &...

If you want a good overview of Ravenloft as a whole, I'd recommend picking up Domains of Dread (AD&D 2E). If you're interested in a more deep dive on individual domains, check out the five Gazetteers (D&D 3.X). If you want more to do with monsters, look at the various Van Richten's Guide...

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I've heard that there are leaks of an early draft floating around; the complaints seem to focus on Buffy herself only making a single brief appearance at the end of the pilot.

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Unearthed Arcana had a lot of great ideas, and with most of the book being Open Game Content, had so many opportunities to alter the game. I'm still glad that Wound/Vitality Points (from WotC's Star Wars d20) were there, as I've come to regard that option a lot more highly than I initially did.

I'm reminded of just how many sidebars the 3.0 PHB had with alternate rules and ideas for doing things differently. I really liked those, and wish they'd made it into the 3.0 SRD. It showcased the "toolbox" mindset a lot, and was in stark contrast to the rigid adherence to "Rules As Written"...

I believe it's the "black book beta" release of his Legends & Labyrinths game: https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/30465/roleplaying-games/legends-labyrinths-black-book-beta

What I'd like to see more of is ways to give other classes things to do for downtime. For instance, one of my favorite third-party products (admittedly for Pathfinder 1E) is The Rogue's Guide to Capers (affiliate link), which outlines a series of checks that rogues can make to pull off heists...

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I remember when AI used to turn out word salad where the text was just coherent enough that it wasn't absolute nonsense, but was still so random that it was legitimately funny. Like "Then Hermione started eating Ron's face"-levels of gibberish. I miss those days; there was some seriously...

I thought the title was "Favorite builds for mobs." Turns out that last word was "noobs."