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He doesn't have to be a PC for "and all your decisions were pre-ordained by the gods, you've never truly had free will" after nine or so novels to be a kick in the pants to the readers and fans. IT can be done well, not saying it cannot, but it would need to be handled very carefully. (Second...

Sure, but there is a difference between an action scene and a static image. If a character was sleeping, sure, it could be "Static" but if you showed me a picture of someone painting, I'm not going to say the image is "Static". There is motion and action in that, even if it isn't an "action" scene.

This cover is absolutely gorgeous. the quiet menace as her victim is drowned in webs, just pitch-perfect. I have no idea how people see this as "static" or "nothing happening" she is mid-weaving this dude. Also, cool detail I haven't seen people mention yet, to the left of the dude, she is...

Okay... I need that cover.

It has been decades since I read the books. Guess I'm not seeing how that is much different from any refugees being let into any kingdom. Very, very rarely have I seen a story where refugees were allowed in without any issue or need to convince someone... and usually in those cases it is a...

Oh that is really interesting. I wouldn't do it for short falls or jumps, but I could see doing it where someone is blasted off a cliff and saying that they don't land until the start of their next turn. That way people can do the dramatic leaping after them trope. Hmmm. I like that a lot.

So, have you ever seen someone in one of these threads or on Reddit say "Adding elves to my world? You better be ready to be shot on sight or run out of town, everyone hates elves in my world"? Because I have seen that for Dragonborn, Lizardfolk, Tabaxi, Kobolds, Goblins AND Orcs. Meanwhile, I...

This... doesn't make sense to me. My players are often not xenophobic. I don't think I've ever had a xenophobic player? Maybe that is why it doesn't make sense to me to have the majority of NPCs be Xenophobic. Which isn't to say I've never done it, I did have one village that was notably...

Oh yeah, people will make all sort of assumptions based on early tropes, and not realize how poorly those apply at high levels.

:LOL: Welcome to LitRPG DungeonCore Stories. Most don't have the main character be the one gaining power and sustence from misery, pain and greed (though gaining power from Death is common, and there are some like Spirit Core by Jonathon Brooks which focus on a Horror Slasher theme, with the...

Didn't move on as much as you think LOL. And what you have described is mostly great, it makes sense and works with the things you have established. But, as I mentioned in the last post I made, there are levels of world-building. For example, it can make sense that a Tiefling from the...

1d6 per ten feet. No Cap. The rest is case by case basis with factors rarely coming into play because... well, people rarely jump or fight near ledges. I've seen acrobatics for half, I've had people ask to cast various spells as they fall, but it is just a rare occurrence. Edit: I should say...

Yep, which is why it irritates me when they attempt to play it off as "realism".

Okay that helps a LOT with the issue I was having with Venger. The back cover is also just, demonstrably cooler, but such is life.

Sure, monocultures are boring and baselines are a thing for individual communities. It still holds though, that this tends to be a one-way street. No one ever says that "Be careful playing an Elf, the dwarves might kidnap and hold you for ransom due to ancient grudges against the elves" or "Be...

Eh, I would actually argue that the fact that they were so loosey-goosey in the beginning is WHY we are stuck with a bunch of things that make no sense and aren't useful for anything. Like, I have a cold hatred of "The Ethereal Plane" because it could be cool, but nothing is ever done with it...

No idea, never heard of the Great Dismal Delve before. Which kind of illustrates the point I was trying to make to Minigiant. A lot of what we are asking for exists, it just is never talked about or focused on. So I would much prefer having the cool stuff we never hear about expanded on, rather...

Yeah, same. I had no idea who that was supposed to be or anything. Just like the Fire Giant King on the PHB, no clue who he is or why I should have cared. As for this cover... something isn't clicking for me, and I think it is Venger's Arms. I think my eyes keep wanting to make the main bones...

Sure, the DMG COULD decide to create entirely new things, whole cloth, with no prior references or reasons... but why would they? And why would I want them to? They haven't expanded enough on their old ideas, I don't even WANT all of their old ideas. I'd love to reduce the 16 Outer Planes down...

Okay. So... what? Adventuring party tossing around a dragon's hoard worth of jewels and gold has a fancy robot with them. The townsfolk panic and go to the local lord. The local lord shows up and... what? Murders the entire party and enslaves the robot? Why? Do they attack every powerful mage...