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I was thinking about this the other day when watching Colby's (D&D Deep Dive) class tier rankings for 5.5e, where he had Bards at S tier because of their versatility (they are literally the "jack of all trades" class) and Monks at D tier for being too one dimensional. I don't think monks are as...

I prefer greater diversity, but not so much that distinctiveness is lost. Right now, I think D&D has too many classes, let alone subclasses. I do play with a constantly changing set of players at D&D Club, but they are mostly newbies so they do better with distinct options that are not too...

lol. Fair enough. Though, again, the artist's opinion doesn't really make a difference. Since WotC has declared her canonically a woman, that's what she is, insofar as official canon goes. However, every gaming table is its own world, so if someone has a deep emotional need for the illustration...

I'm not so sure. There's a lot of folks who make a point of getting upset on the internet about anything that hints at diversity. They would have very strong opinions about the obvious difference between the rear profile of a male versus female dwarf.

This is the way. When you're young, you start with what's popular, then you get curious, start to develop your own taste, find your games and people, but you'll likely always have a soft spot for that first love, which for many of us was D&D. By the time I was 15 I was spending my McDonald's...

The problem I have seen in every "feats" based system (or the equivalent, with skills) is twofold: 1) greater system mastery needed to create a strong character, leading to 2) greater homogeneity as the system masters home in on a relatively few optimal builds, with slight variations. So even...

The trailer has a cool aesthetic, and it tracks that the director is a kid who came out of the creepy pasta scene. I'm intrigued enough to check it out when it streams.

My main reason for continuing to support crewed spaceflight is that it is really sexy PR for science. Which is itself a great thing - we need all the people excited about science that we can get. At a personal level, I think space flight and space science in general are exciting and fascinating...

I’m not sure what you mean by the quickbuilder “doesn’t even assign sensible stats based on your class.” It did when I tested it - it seems to work great for level 1 characters. After level 1 you get diminishing returns with it, though a level 3 option would be nice. I don’t really understand...

I’d like to see them give the option of a level 1 or level 3 character, at least, as many groups start at level 3. All they would need to add is a “subclass” button.

For some reason, and I don't know if this is clever or stupid (such a fine line!), my immediate thought was to literally model it on the mouse trap game, as a kind of Rube Goldberg-esque maze trap where the fighter inevitably triggering stuff as they go, so they are constantly trying to outrun...

This is my main point. Well, that and that most crewed space exploration is super inefficient and mostly for vanity. But yeah, go space exploration! With robots! Colonization is a pipe dream.

That's the thing - it's a cop out. It's a way of passing the buck instead of actually acknowledging and fixing the harm they are doing right now.

I find your use of the term "apology" a bit confusing. The editor, Ben Riggs, is not apologizing; he has nothing to apologize for, as he didn't write the content. He is offering a disclaimer in his function as editor (and probably as required by his publisher), acknowledging that times have...

Are you being sarcastic? If so, I don't get it, since I assume you are aware that the second and third seasons are adapting the second entry in the series.

The danger I see in a lot of arguments for, essentially, abandoning earth is that they seem to be giving up on solving our self-made problems and opting for escape, like the humans in Wall-E. I see three problems here: 1. It is basically giving up on the vast majority of humanity, not to...

What things? Worse for whom? Compared to when? In many measurable ways (lifespan, infant mortality, comfort, nutrition, education, individual rights, especially for women, violence, medicine, communication, sanitation, etc.) "things" are vastly better for most people than they were 100, 200...

We saw this trailer before PHM. This film looks terrible. By which I mean, it looks visually terrible. The plot seems...well, let's just say it's not for me. I hope the fans love it.

Plus Supergirl is played by an Australian, the main villain is played by a Belgian, and it was mostly filmed in the UK. I'm with you on mostly boycotting a certain place, but I feel like I'm okay with this film.

Probably around 5% of the time.