Recent content by Clint_L

I think that WotC should have a wealth of DDB data on how often each skill is rolled, and should recalibrate the distribution of skills to make them much more balanced in their utility. I suspect that if you consolidated all of the knowledge skills into one skill (call it "Lore"), it would get...

There are quite a few classic adventures set there, most particularly Lost Mine of Phandelver, and it's a good, fairly generic high fantasy setting which makes it easy to plug and play.

This is a pretty common house rule. I use it in my home games, where everyone rolls actual dice, but it doesn't work as well with my beginner campaign at school, where everyone is on DDB.

Yet this thread did go there, and for good reasons - we were debating whether it would make sense for characters to know the specific strengths and weaknesses of different coloured dragons just because their players know. I am sure the mods will step in if they feel we've lost the plot, but any...

That's how I play them. And it's in keeping with the flavour text in the current MM, if that matters: I don't have the new KotB yet, but I hope there aren't too many nothics, because: A) I only have four miniatures! B) They strike me as being loner types, except in special circumstances.

I use Exandria as my base setting and modify it as needed, so definitely kitchen sink.

I was with you until this last point. You seem to be suggesting that the game keep alignments but frame them as, essentially, political ideologies. Which I think would turn alignment wars up to eleven.

What are we even arguing about? That D&D used to treat some species as disposable villains, especially during the TSR era, is pretty inarguable. Obviously, there were exceptions, but as a rule the baddies were identifiable on sight. It also seems pretty obvious that the game has moved in the...

I understand that's their attempt at justifying bad writing. The reality is that following basic safety protocols in any situation is a lot cheaper than wasting crews and spaceships, let alone labs next to where you live that are handling anything dangerous. They don't even follow the basic...

K, I'm caught up. I'm quite enjoying this series, except that the writing consistently falls back on the lazy, if very typically Alien, trope of scientists behaving incredibly stupidly, which takes me out of my suspension of disbelief. Like, "here's a lab containing a number of horrifically...

Everyone's taste is different. I enjoy roleplaying. Do you also get impatient when actors pretend to be the character they are playing rather than themselves? Because that's all players are doing when they try to avoid metagaming. As for "no objective way to know...", sure there is. They can...

I don't think I've ever seen anyone suggest that it is bad to "want actual bad guys to fight," so that's not a very accurate representation of what folks are saying. I have never personally heard of a game with no bad guys, though many (like mine) operate on the assumption that evil is a point...

Just purchased this off DDB; it releases in two days. The digital bundle is just $12.74 right now.

Let me ask a question: what is gained in these instances by using alignment? Why not just focus on desires, choices and actions? How does putting a label on those ("That was a lawful evil act") add anything but potential disagreement to the situation? For example, say the player character...

Actually, pretty much exactly this. Currently running White Plume Mountain, but aside from the map almost the entire text has been radically altered to fit into my campaign. Every single trap, puzzle, and encounter is different, all the loot is different, the story bears no resemblance to the...