Recent content by Clint_L

I disagree, though I suppose it depends on the system and the table. In, say, 5e, critical successes/misses on attacks aren't that exciting; they're just more damage or no damage. It's critical successes or failures on abilitiy checks that are exciting, but how many important ability checks do...

A nat 20 always succeeds where success is a reasonable option. So, for example, if you say that your black ops specialist is going to perform open heart surgery to save the witness, there is no roll. They just fail. But assuming success is possible, you not only succeed, but as DM I typically...

Oh, I agree. The sad thing is that I am aware of it but still occasionally find myself doing it. I mostly keep it internal, at least.

I mean, yeah, if you can get Margot Robbie for anything you hire her. She's amazing in everything she plays. Edit: though I think Gadot was good as WW, at least in the first solo film. I didn't see the sequel, and the problems with BvS weren't because of her.

Especially older folks...like most of us. It's one of those things where I realize that I've become my dad. I'll complain about the price of a slice of pizza or something and my kid will roll his eyes.

In my current home game, they've attained level 7 relatively quickly (it's been about 9 months) and I've suggested to the players that I would like to radically slow the pace. Everyone loves their character and have unlocked the key abilities that they wanted as their character vision, so I now...

I've learned that if I want to know the optimal build for a class/sub-class, I should pay particular attention to one particular pundit on this site, @ECMO3. I'm not a hardcore optimizer, but I enjoy thinking about these things, for whatever quirky reasons my brain has, and they both do the math...

I'm curious. I agree that WotC wants a healthy game store ecosystem, though I am skeptical that D&D sales in themselves, while significant, are a cornerstone of many, if any, stores. We are blessed to have quite a few in the Greater Victoria area, and from what I can see, in this region they...

I'm confused. If they are replacing Gadot as WW for the reasons to which you allude, why would they cast in a new role? That would be really wierd.

Book publishing traditionally has tiny profit margins. That’s why WotC is so desperate to diversify D&D, and do as much digital sales as possible. That said, I have no interest in this product so the $15 is moot. I’m trying to reduce complexity in my games, not expand it.

1e: 11 or 13 - I was sure it was 13 but have started to doubt my memory. 5e: 14. Those are the only editions where I’ve had substantial character arcs. But I don’t get to play much.

This isn’t an either/or situation. I do think work is integral to living a purposeful life, but that doesn’t mean that all work is equally enriching or enriching at all - plenty of jobs are manifestly terrible. At the same time, I am 100% on the side of Wall-E/Satan when it comes to rescuing...

Yeah, I made an assumption based on not much that he wasn’t that into music. My personal impression of his interests largely stems from reading his columns in Dragon, lo those many decades ago.