Mistwell
Crusty Old Meatwad
I enjoyed the read, as I enjoy many reads other people complain don't get to "the point" fast enough. Its not all technical writing, no one's getting a grade here, and no one's asking you for money.
That's fair.
I enjoyed the read, as I enjoy many reads other people complain don't get to "the point" fast enough. Its not all technical writing, no one's getting a grade here, and no one's asking you for money.
You left out another term I used, which was "entertaining." Which is the key difference between most of Snarff's posts and most of, say, mine.I'm sorry I irritated you.
OK, I'd take issue with that. I like some of what Snarf posts here, and not others. This is an example of one I didn't like due to lack of editing, though I agree with his premise. Snarf didn't get to his thesis statement for literally 7 paragraphs and a video not related to his topic. He wrote far more than you did in your responses to me about...nothing. Paragraph on paragraph that had nothing to do with the topic, as if he were rambling to himself before beginning writing. At some point it should be fair to critique it particularly when the theme is "you can do too much sometimes," right?
Here is what I am talking about. You really think it's unfair of me to say hey, maybe edit your stuff? You show me the "thoughtful and rigorous" you mention in the beginning of this:
Which, thankfully, @Alzrius was kind enough to respond to and offer me a summary.Anyone have a precis of this OP they would like to share?
I just can't deal with all the Snarfiness of it, but firmly believe in the less is more design concept... as long as it fulfills the goal of the design as well.
You left out another term I used, which was "entertaining." Which is the key difference between most of Snarff's posts and most of, say, mine.
{notes on introduction}
I guess it's not for you. That's a question of taste. But there are a LOT of folks on this forum who could use an editor a lot more than Snarff, and I found your suggestion unfair and unkind.
Not too long. I have it on good authority that he's a self-hating bard.
I wonder how they get that information.The source is WOTC's demographics surveys
Source from article
- According to Wizards’ surveys, the player population recently crossed a point where the majority of current D&D plans are those who started playing the game with the fifth edition. Previously, the most popular version of D&D was still the second edition, published in 1989. (“We actually built fifth edition as a follow-up to second edition,” Crawford said at the panel.)
- The player population for D&D is cross-generational, with the bulk of respondents (48%) identifying as millennials, vs. 19% from Generation X and 33% from Generation Z (born between 1997 and 2012).
I always suspected as much. So his call to eliminate bards is to get rid of the competition?Not too long. I have it on good authority that he's a self-hating bard.![]()
No no. He genuinely hated ALL bards. Periodically after he posts enough eloquent OPs, he starts having difficulty reconciling his hatred of bards with what it is that he does, so he has to withdraw from the world for a while. Eventually he with enough creative justifications, he convinces himself that he's not really a bard and returns to the world.I always suspected as much. So his call to eliminate bards is to get rid of the competition?
No no. He genuinely hated ALL bards. Periodically after he posts enough eloquent OPs, he starts having difficulty reconciling his hatred of bards with what it is that he does, so he has to withdraw from the world for a while. Eventually he with enough creative justifications, he convinces himself that he's not really a bard and returns to the world.
This time he's convinced himself that he's a cat and his OPs are just very creative fence yowling.
I have vague, and probably wrong, recollections of an attorney/lawyer NPC class in some old dragon magazine or something.Has there been a good Lawyer subclass of the Bard in any edition?