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I'm honestly not sure what started it, but I began playing PC games in the 80s and I remember that a lot of games in that period defaulted to the arrow keys. It's been years since I've played BD and I don't remember my setup, but I played a Wizard, exclusively. I remember that I had to do a...

I'm even worse. I use the direction keys for movement and surrounding keys (Numpad, DEL, END, etc.) for abilities. That muscle-memory is so ingrained that I literally cannot play a game that won't allow me to re-bind keys to the right side of the keyboard. Monster Hunter is one of the games...

I completely agree with the premise that any time a character/party engages in combat it should be dangerous. There are a lot of reasons for that, but one of the factors is that 5e takes the "resource drain" approach by throwing numerous mildly challenging encounters at the players before...

It sounds like you guys had a ton of fun and I envy you in some respect because I don't really enjoy the 'less-serious' type of D&D games and I wish I was able to. My preferred style of play is very reminiscent of Dragonlance: War of the Lance or the quest to destroy the One Ring where the...

Charts like that can add a lot of spice to a game, but I've personally never been a fan of critical failures. Especially the blooperish ones where it's like "oops, natural 1, you cut off your own face with an errant axe swing" queue the Benny Hill song. Just starting out at level 1, adventurers...

I've taken a break from rage today and announced this change for my players for our next campaign (after the current one comes to its conclusion in the Summer). I've made a significant number of adjustments to 5e and many of which are designed to make the game more difficult while also...

I knew without a shred of doubt that WotC was going to pull the "hate and discrimination" card as part of the justification for the new OGL, but it's nothing more than an empty excuse that the woke sycophants will see as misdirected good intentions. Anything that doesn't support the 'message' is...

I don't have a fundamental issue with WotC trying to create more revenue streams from one of their flagship products either but, as you pointed out, it's the way they're going about it and one of the most insidious ways they're fucking 3PP is by wanting to claim ownership of anything that is...

I commend Paizo for doing something, but I'm going to have to hold my nose and close my eyes to get in bed with them because they're more woke than WotC is. In PF2e, they went full-retard with pronouns, were first to abandon the 'sin' of "race," banned the words Golem and Phylactery for...

Several major players in the TTRPG space have vouched for the credibility of that statement. I, and many others, absolutely despise the growing number of blue-haired, limp-wristed, woke activists that are infecting RPGs, but at least their weaponized autism can be directed at WotC.

They're calling for people to cancel their D&D Beyond subscriptions.

No, and they won't until there is an official statement from WotC. Despite the fact that we know the leak is legitimate, it's still a leak and Paizo isn't going to publicly involve themselves with rumors.

I'd wager the CR cast is opposed to it, but I have absolutely no doubt that they would get their own sweetheart agreement with WotC where they'd pay very little, if anything, in royalties because they have a lot of influence with the new generation of players. I think WotC has at least enough...

I posted a bit of this in the Solasta thread, but it's more relevant here: With the huge amount of backlash that this is receiving I have a hard time believing that it will stand. Following through with the revocation of the OGL would go down in the Hall of Shame as one of the dumbest business...

While Solasta may have played a part in a small way, I genuinely believe that the dollar-chasing Hasbro (WotC) is pursuing with the changes to the OGL is primarily driven by their belief that the future of D&D is going to continually gravitate to most games being played online. That may be true...

This thread inspired me to take a trip down memory lane and I found some old posts at the Safehouse while I was working as the rogue class correspondent after we came up with the idea at the SOE Summit. The digital stroll brought back a lot of great memories and I was incredibly surprised at...

I doubt I'll ever play again because I hate the gear system so much that it makes it impossible for me to enjoy the game. Unlike some of the others, I'm incapable of being 'satisfied' with 90%. If it's possible, I'm going to chase it and in BDO it's as close to masochistic as you can get...

That story touched me a lot more than I expected it to. It might be that I empathize with how amazing EQ was. I won one of the rogue BotB's, but I don't have access to a single screenshot from my years of playing. I still have my account, but I've long forgotten my password. I wonder if I could...

This thread is a siren song that keeps trying to seduce me into playing again. I know how it'll turn out in the end, but there's definitely an element of the game that is incredibly alluring. I never played anything but Wizard seriously. Is the class still good?

Those are print-on-demand books from the DMsGuild and DrivethruRPG. The Ebay sellers are just buying those PoD books in bulk and marking them up. DMsGuild, etc are legitimately great sources for books that are out-of-print and have gotten obscenely expensive. They don't have everything...

Yep, it's just cover art. There's absolutely no difference between the books except the cover. People pay for rarity/exclusivity and these books had a relatively small print run that won't ever be reproduced. Normally, these kind of things don't interest me, but I understand it. People that...

I made a HUUUUUGE score last night when I was checking Miniaturemarket to see if a 3rd party D&D book had been released and I saw single copies of several of the out-of-print books in stock. The real prize was getting an alternate cover of Volo's Guide to Monsters for $37. That book easily sells...

If so, I'd love to revel in their hatred vicariously. Do you have any links to them talking shit about her? I hate that bitch so much that if I were to ever meet her, I wouldn't hesitate to tell her that she's a worthless cunt.

If you get good proxies the odds of you being 'discovered' are almost 0 assuming you never give anyone (judges, etc.) a reason to de-sleeve your deck.

I'm a huge fan of anything fantasy. So much so that I'll often continue to watch stuff that is objectively bad. I made it 35 minutes before I turned it off. This show is absolutely unwatchable trash.

I just started S1 E1 and it's ....ehhh. Also, I'm trying desperately trying to separate art from artist because I know how completely batshit fucking crazy several of the actors are. I absolutely despise Ashly Burch and fuck around with my phone during her scenes.

Yep, I completely agree. Learning to use FG is a lengthy, frustrating process, but once you get it figured out it works quite well. At this point, my only serious complaint is that lighting, and to a lesser degree, line of sight, causes a lot of lag on maps. There have been several moments...

I agree with you that there are a lot of viable, even good ways to further monetize the brand, but NFTs are a dumpster fire and don't belong in the TTRPGs. Including them might snag the lowest IQ window lickers or the ultra, super, mega fans that literally buy anything with an ampersand on it...

You're objectively mentally-ill.

As J00t said, every group is different. However, my personal experiences mirror your own except for the players that are also DMs. Even then, those DM/players typically only buy/provide stuff they need too. I very, very rarely have a player ask me if I or the group needs something they can help...

I'm not upset by the fact that Mercer is going to voice Minsc. I think he actually does a decent job of it. That said, I have a like/hate relationship with Mercer and Critical Role. Veteran TTRPG players obviously recognize that CR is a performance and not a 'real' campaign, but over the last...

I give zero fucks about DLSS and the 7900 series falls exactly where I expected it to. When they were leaked I predicted that the cards were going to significantly improve AMDs market share and I stand by that prediction. The series obviously doesn't stand up to the 4090, but they were never...

I have similar sentiments. I loved TLoU as well, but stuck to my principles and refused to buy or even play TLoU2. In the grand scheme I'm not sure people like you and I really make much difference because I don't really believe enough people stand by their principles. Hell, there are a couple...

The gear system is absolute AIDs and I would bet my life that it drives more people away from the game than the up sides of the game attracts. I can't count how many guild mates I watched rage quit by blowing all their gear up and logging off. It was also obvious when strangers were doing the...

There are some weirdos that like the cards for the language (even if they can't read it), but the selling point for most people is that it's a black-border option where only white-border exists in English.

3rd party publishing for 5e is massive and there are a lot of fantastic products, but there is also a ton of shit that isn't worth the paper it's printed on. I have just over 400 hardback D&D books and roughly half of them are from 3rd party publishers. I'm a collector so I buy a ton of shit...

Yep, the message is alive and well in this shit. Literally less than four minutes into the first episode and the 'strong,' independent, angry female is making out with her girlfriend. And not 15 minutes later the two most masculine characters are flirting and hinting around that they'd like...

If the year was 2000, I would probably have some level of excitement for what WotC is cooking up, but I have absolutely zero faith in their "monetization" plans.