Recent content by Hussar

As far as the DMG Greyhawk section goes, wouldn’t it make the most sense to do the high level, top down stuff for the new dm, then present a methodology for building bottom up? I mean, sure, top down can work great, but telling prospective DM’s that they need to do 20-40 hours of homework...

Every piece of evidence available such as Dungeon and Dragon magazine reader ages, disagree with you.

lol. Not touching this one. Be that as it may though, if half of players are very rarely completing campaigns, advising DMs to get the lead out shouldn’t be too shocking.

I'm just super happy because now I get to watch it again in Japan without having to go through Hulu.jp which has always been a huge pain.

Yes, I know. That would be the point. I was NOT directly addressing anyone in this thread. I made the mistake of voicing an emotional response, and people seemed to think it was directed at them. Even after I clarified that it wasn't directed at them, they continued to complain that I should...

No, I said that anyone who "bitches". I did forget to add "endlessly" to that. I didn't say "complain". Do you feel that you are bitching about Doctor Who? No? Then I wasn't addressing you. But, sure, I'll make sure to police my tone next time. Thank you ever so much for helping me to...

And that’s fair @Lanefan. But there needs to be recognition in the conversation that differing tables have differing goals which is going to color responses.

This has been asked and answered many, many times. They can filter for this. How often is the sheet updated over a period of time is a pretty easy way to see if it's a real character or not. And, never minding that, every single other source - such as online polling - matches up with this...

This is the ages old debate - top down or bottom up world building. I would prefer they go bottom up for teaching players because top down can very quickly become overwhelming, whereas bottom up is far more practical, even if it does have weaknesses, such as the things you outline - stuff can...

There is a danger is presuming experience is universal. I've had multiple dragonborn at my table over the years. But, the point is, if you look at the actual representation statistics in things like D&D Beyond and whatnot, Dragonborn are one of the most popular races out there. If you...

Half dragons are not dragonborn. Particularly not in Forgotten Realms. They are very different things. I must have missed the tieflings in Rise. I was a player, to be honest, so, it's entirely possible that I missed. But, I think my point does stand though. While among players, both...

Did they explode though? I know players are lay them but I question the notion that their visibility in settings has changed much. Phandelver has no tieflings or Dragonborn. Saltmarsh had exactly one tiefling. Waterdeep Dragonheist has no tieflings or Dragonborn. Hoard of the Dragon Queen has...

I think it’s more to do with people (and I’m certainly guilty here) look at the reported experience and just can’t get how this experience happened. It’s so far out there that the assumption becomes that the reported experience must be flawed. I mean the original thread that spawned this on...

I have to admit, I'm still rather interested in the spread here. I feel that most of the discussions about the game fall apart, not because of people not understanding the rules or the point, but, because our play experiences are so different that people are just not speaking the same language...

I'm ever so sorry for not taking more care in expressing my feelings in a way that you would find more acceptable. I'll ensure to police my own tone more carefully in the future.