#WOTC

Okay remember last night, when I said that at some point I was going to talk about how the reaction to 4e remains a fundamental barrier to moving this game
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In case you missed it over the weekend:Our co-owner @eugenemarshall was interviewed for this important article in @WIRED. Our book, Ancestry & Culture: an Alternative to Race in 5e, is
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Just spent *way* too much time going down the rabbit hole of what D&D considers an Object or Creature, and it's a surprisingly deep hole. Ok, my son has claimed
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Instead of buying from DTRPG or DMSGUILD or even WOTC, you should buy from these people http://spearwitch.com  has a lot of indie stuff in its collection and is ran by
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Alright everyone, it’s time to talk about Quest and the context surrounding it, and what I think we should be doing in our attempts to move away from dnd.Please bear
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D&D has a race problem.In @WIRED, @mjgault describes @Wizards_DnD's resistance to changing parts of #DnD lore & rules concerning #race.They want to retain the game's legacy. Here's why that's a
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I see we're discussing 4e #dnd a lot in 2021! Here's my opinion of what caused the relative failure of the edition:1. The presentation - I think the #1 problem
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Strength (all ability scores) are an abstraction of a creature's capability.Strength is your:* pushing power (okay, muscle strength)* lifting power (so technique, too?)* melee damage (so also special training?)* etc.[6/21]
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As promised!So I think this is perhaps a flawed premise, and would like to put forth the following instead: the hardest part about RPG design is designing for players who
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Remember when I mentioned that assignment I give in my History of Rock’n’Roll class where students would have to pick a song they hated and describe why that song is
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I want to talk about the Paeliryon, a devil in Dungeons & Dragons. More accurately, I want to talk about the insidious nature of transmisogyny, and the double standards queerness
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I see we're gonna have to have this conversation again.Before we start: no, I am not getting Cyberpunk 2077. I was never interested in it BEFORE all the issues surrounding
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So I promised @/CDGuanzon a #PhytoFriday thread about GMOs and like, why I hate/loathe/detest with every fiber of my seeing 'GMO' everywhere and everyone gets their knickers in a twist
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Practical upshot of stopping doing terrible things:Evil is incredibly useful in D&D. Having the setting slap the label of evil on things simplifies things for players and GMs in concrete,
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My stance on the whole D&D thing is clear, right? I don't think you need me to rehash what other people have said better.WotC doesn't deserve your cash. Go buy
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So today I was put in touch with a local news organization who wants to interview me about The Queen's Gambit, since there are like zero women in chess, so
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