Recent content by Scott Christian

I understand. But it doesn't clear up our differences. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.

Of course they ferry people, I never said they didn't. I said it would be ridiculous for the player to establish the lore that they, through their background feature, can get passage. They can get passage, but that passage is through payment. Not a background feature. I even stated in my example...

I am not arguing the extra work it would take (even though for some DMs it might be a lot more than you imply). I stated clearly, the player should ask, especially if it is the DM's world. I am not talking about arriving at Candlekeep or Neverwinter, which already have established lore. You...

Might be miscommunication, but your player question is still the same. Perhaps the DM is suggesting the player does not know about this port. That is half the adventure for some tables, exploring the port they do not know. If you are suggesting the player already knows the port, then I assume...

I always thought the idea of attaching feats to ancestry and class were the better option. Maybe let another class or ancestry take an outside feat at some kind of cost.

I loved Greyhawk. To me, it was grittier and more grounded than some of the other more fantastical settings. But, your bolded question - I have no idea. It seems the opposite of what modern players expect or want. Maybe I am projecting.

One can always make a diminishing argument and make it sound rational. (Your argument) The ranger doesn't need to exist because we have rogues. Just make the ranger a rogue subclass. The rogue doesn't need to exist because we have fighters. Just make a rogue a fighter subclass. The paladin...

For those arguing, here is an example: Stuart Franklin took the most widely distributed photo of the famous Tiananmen Square "Tank" photo. One man standing up to many tanks. (He is still alive.) If say, Banksy, decided to paint the Tank Man on one side of a building, and then on the other side...

You're right. But many times, it can work out like I suggested. Sometimes tables can take on a new DM. Sometimes they can switch a single player or a few players after the campaign ends. That is real life too.

Abyss has always interested me as a player. Not as a DM, but as a player, it seems cool.

It's even more fun to guess who is married to an art professor just by reading their posts.

I agree with you on easy and medium encounters. But for boss fights, even ones printed, I find this not to be true. I see DMs all the time in real life or on posts that have to "hold their punches" in order for the PCs to survive. I also agree with you that the CR system really doesn't hold...

90% is a pretty solid number for positive votes. It makes me happy that so many people are happy at their gaming table.

I wonder this as well. But I think since the market is continuing to grow, you keep having new players buy minis. I mean, most players and certainly DMs I know, young or old, seem to have at least a few minis. But with digital being popular, I would think it would shrink had it not been for the...

I am absolutely going to pick it up. We are starting a new campaign and before I grab it, I want to make sure our DM isn't going to use part of it. If he is, I will wait, because once I get it, I am going to read it. :) (Side Note: Our DM does not want to convert to the new rules. He would...