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This. If I allow "anything" from the PHBR series in my 2E games . . . that doesn't mean my campaign will be flooded with all sorts of crazy, mish-mash ideas. Most of my players will choose pretty vanilla options, or close to, while a few will swing for the fences and go for that one weird...

It's a trap! Rather than answer the question, @Lakesidefantasy is worried it's a trap question, hence the clever meme.

What?!?! If you're gonna do it . . . you have to watch the mini-series, the full series, the webisodes, and the movies, all in chronological order . . . But not Caprica. You don't have to watch that. Are the webisodes still even available?

Personally, as another old, cis, het, white dude . . . I loved the gender swap for Starbuck in the newer Battlestar. In large part because Katee Sackhoff is such a strong actor, and I loved the new dynamic between Starbuck and Apollo. However, I didn't care for the character of Boomer in the...

Who's tearing anyone down? Changing the gender of Starbuck in the new (well, newer) Battlestar Galactica upset some fans because it was a significant change to an established character. But it also upset some of those same folks because they had trouble with a female in a such a strong role...

How? How does it take away "anonymity"? I mean, with the mini, we see ONE INTERPRETATION of the warrior's front, their face. But it's still an anonymous warrior, albeit female. The gender of the warrior was swapped from male to female, but remains anonymous. But this remains ONE INTERPRETATION...

Sorry, wasn't clear to me!

That Mercer quote doesn't say he's sharing the main beats with his players, only that he's planning them out ahead of time . . . like many DM's do. Of course, there could be more to the interview you are quoting from, or from other interviews . . .

It STILL hasn't been taken away! A dude can still look at that wonderful painting and envision themselves in the role of the warrior! This new miniature doesn't take that away, it takes nothing away. It just welcomes in a wider variety of folks.

The D&D Basic Set with this Elmore painting on the box cover was my first D&D purchase. I've got a lot of memories and nostalgia wrapped up in that product, and that painting! I assumed the warrior in the painting was male, most folks did, it's clearly coded male, and we later learned that this...

As an old player myself . . . I find your pique ridiculous. It's not WotC's intention to leave any fans in the dust, but . . . I'm okay with folks who get upset at this sort of thing pushing themselves out of the hobby.

Yup. In the 90s, I had an enormous bookshelf of RPG books . . . today I have a much smaller, curated selection of my favorite books, beautifully illustrated books, and much-used books. All the splat in my life is now digital. I run an afterschool D&D Club . . . the kids prefer the ease of D&D...

Unless I'm missing something, you do not need to have pre-ordered the Ravenloft book for these "play-along packs". First one is free for everybody, later ones will have a cost. Having said that . . . these don't seem to be very exciting releases. I'll certainly "claim" the first one, and we'll...

Not so much your difference of opinion . . . it's your need to threadcrap. Gladly! I love DDB! Use it every week! Oh you're allowed to threadcrap. And we're allowed to call you out on it. If you don't care for actual play shows . . . actually, I don't really either. And . . . who cares? Why...

Thanks for your positive contribution to the thread.

Locked to a platform . . . where you can create a free account . . . the horror (of Ravenloft).

Pactweaver? Binder! Excited! :)

I think it's okay to ask! If a new player came to my table with a character option from a 3rd-party source, I'd be okay with the ask, and I'd certainly consider it. But if I decided to not allow the specific option the player was hoping to use, I would expect them to be okay with that also...

Yup. Some folks actually do make a living at being professional game masters. Ginni D has actually done a couple of videos on the topic, I think this one is the first: