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I played it not too long ago, a campaign that just lasted a couple months before not enough people wanted to keep it going. You probably know most of this already but I want to vent. First off, the d24s and d16s and shit are really dumb, we were playing on Roll20 so it wasn't a huge deal but asking ...

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Sword Coast Legends is flopping hard. Fewer people own it now than did a week ago.

When you bring up the lack of content on other forums, 5anboys come out of the woodwork to claim that 3e and 4e failed because they had too many books. This is what 5anboys actually believe.

Pathfinder is great as long as you ignore Paizo's classes and use the Dreamscarred Press ones instead.

You won't be the most optimal character, but you probably don't need to be. You could play en elf for free bow proficiency, and though your attack bonus won't be great you won't lose any levels of spellcasting. You could also choose a planetouched race (outsiders get proficiency in all martial weapo...

Lagrkin (shortarses) Lagrkin are the obligatory short race of Midgard, as well as the slightly-furry race which will appeal to a good number of players. Catfolk would be more broadly appealing, but I like the idea of them being more rabbit-based, which also fits nicely into making them hobbit expie...

The guy who can do anything and has no weaknesses. This means Druid in 3e and Valor Bard in 5e.

I just read the Mystic class UA article, and I noticed that all of the saves against psionic effects are INT based...which makes perfect sense because the game needs more INT saves and they have to go somewhere , right? right? Considering that half the creatures you fight have very low INT, and ver...

D&D races need different stats because there's no other reason to play them. They're not interesting enough to stand on their own. Every dwarf is Gimli, every elf is Legolas, every halfling is Bilbo, and most other races have no personality whatsoever. You could say that D&D really doesn't n...

In books I like for magic to be rare and mysterious, but in games I think the more magic, the better. This is because magic opens up a lot of tactical possibilities that are more fun than hitting something with a sword every round.

They have to be pulling a Springtime for Hitler with this. It's the only explanation.

Remember what happened with NWoD and D&D 4e? Games Workshop doesn't.

They're both things that nerds do with other nerds in their free time. When nerds are playing D&D, they're not shoveling their money into the cardboard crack dispenser. You might say that not everyone who's into RPGs would be into CCGs, and you would be right, but you can't expect the suits to r...

I don't think there is a plan. My theory is that the suits at Hasbro are afraid of D&D competing with MTG, so they're just gonna let it die.

When discussing 3.5 and Pathfinder, I often see Clerics mentioned in the same breath as druids and wizards, but after playing them I don't see why. Granted I have only played it at lower levels, but those are the levels people actually play the game at. You can be a better fighter than the fighter, ...

There's also the +1 hp from favored class bonus.

I have to ask, what would you rank the general utility of each pathfinder race? I agree with you on most of them. I'm only going to go into the core races, not the numerous planetouched and furries that you can only play in PFS if you sucked someone's dick at a convention. Humans - 5. The extra fea...

5e fanboys keep saying that the "publish a fuckton of books" model doesn't work anymore, but that's exactly what Pathfinder is doing and they're making a lot of money. I really don't want that much bloat from a game, but it's better than 5e's strategy of producing absolutely fuck all for a...

"What'll we call this new race we threw together?"

"Well, what does it look like?"

"A raptor."

"Well, there you have it. Let's call it a day."

I've been playing Shaman for a while, and once you get past the very early levels it may be the best class in the game. The spell list isn't that great, but you get hexes so you'll be able to do something useful every turn. Also, there's an alternate favored class bonus for humans and half-humans th...

Being deaf might keep you alive for one round, but it seems like after the Word failed to kill you, the Wish would realize what was up and wish your deafness away. Maybe one round would be all you need, though. If you have at least two party members who can cast wish, could they wish for the wish an...

Kineticist: like a blaster wizard, but even more useless. Medium: crippled spellcasting like a paladin or ranger, plus you can't fight for shit. You can channel spirits, of which there will be 54 in the final version (one for each combination of alignment and ability score). The playtest has 18, and...

If you really want to be amazed, take a look at the Occult Adventures playtest. It features a bunch of new classes, all of which are so awful they have to be seen to be believed.

Don't be That Guy.

Here's an interesting challenge: come up with an example of a D&D magic item that doesn't result in having the PCs fight a slightly different class of monster than they would without having that item. Amulet of Health Amulet of Mighty Fists Amulet of Natural Armor Amulet of the Planes Amulet of...