Recent content by doctorbadwolf

That reasoning was bunk then and it remains bunk. That reasoning instantly kills the fighter, for one thing. For another, the assassin isn’t just “someone who does murders for money or politically”, it’s a major heroic archetype with specific associated tropes, a long history, and many well...

Why should she, though? unless she thinks that Fate has tools that can be used in a D&D game, it’s pretty tangential to the video.

Not super relevant to the point, but those articles aren’t even at middle school level.

Then why quote the lore thing?

I mean, I won’t be using “but it’s in the lore” as an argument, which I suppose is the same thing as holding that same position, so…yes. 🤷‍♂️ The only time I have referenced old canon in an argument about what belongs in D&D is with stuff like the Gnoll, where people are specifically claiming...

In older lore, perhaps. But older lore isn't important if you’re playing the current game. There is no particular reason halflings need mechanical representation of lightfoot and stout and whatever else.

We have very different goals and desires for our D&D games, probably.

Yeah I think I bought like 2 books last year, and that was because we got a settlement check from our shifty former landlord after the CA AG’s office investigated them, and we decided to enjoy it a bit. I can’t afford to fix my vehicle, I’m not buying game books. In spite of me getting a $.55...

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Yeah, and like, I wasn’t even suggesting forcing any specific personality? Like, literally I was talking about incentivizing and inspiring. Most of my games just don’t have dungeons full of treasure. If a player isn’t inspired by the premises and story elements of the campaign in a way that...

Thats a wild take on what you’re replying to. Of course. That would make you the guys needing shooting. As one example, absolutely. But part of my point is that the empire is “even worse” than the rebels. The empire is evil and the rebels aren’t. Thank you. Like I said, it’s about what you...

Then you aren’t reading to understand. Sorry. 🤷‍♂️ If a D&D campaign has a heavy investigative element (both thematically and mechanically), that doesn’t messily mean that a game built for investigation is better for that game than D&D. Because the D&D game Likely also has other elements that...

The biggest thing for me is to just not run the game in a way that rewards “profit motive”. Every campaign I run has one or more premise that inspires PCs that care about things, feel the call to heroism, and go do something about it. If the power groups in the game are oppressive, then...

Everything I said applies to gameplay, as well. If I want to run a whole “campaign” that is investigation heavy and combat light, and every PC will be dialed in to that purpose, that is different from playing a heroic adventure game that investigation challenges as a major element, or one...

It doesn’t bother me when players at my table don’t really know the rules, but I do believe that the rules should be transparent in terms of how things are adjudicated, what PCs can do, what the stakes and consequences are, etc. In D&D that is mostly just “roll stealth DC 15, if you roll lower...