A lot of people's issues with modern D&D would be immediately fixed if they accepted the game for what its rules actually say the game is trying to achieve (even though the rules are usually not vocal about it and you kind of have to divine that purpose).
Like, a lot of GMs seem to stress over making their games challenging enough but not too lethal because if the dreaded TPK happens or a character dies before fulfilling their personal arc then the narrative momentum of the game dies. But like:
Death is pretty much the only consequence of note in modern D&D. It might not be a fun consequence but without it you lose all tension
The fact that death is always on the table should be an indication that the game itself does not care about narrative continuity nor your characters' personal arcs.
Despite all the modern guardrails and mechanics like bonds and ideals that are supposed to add character death, D&D is ultimately a "some assholes go to die in a ditch" type of game. And that's okay. But playing it as a "I must preserve narrative continuity and make sure characters stay alive or else my plans are ruined" game means an uphill battle against the game itself.
Why is he LIKE THIS. get this guy an anxiety and depression diagnosis STAT
I do too, since Cyrus owns an entire server. Plus she was able to stall the Overlord's advances in the digiverse by writing a computer script on the fly, so I imagine she's well experienced like her creator.
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if they don't give me THAT bruise card, I'll make myself THAT card.
yep, this is another thing that has kept me busy for a while, and now it's FINALLY finished mygod
2 post in one day!?? what??!?? am i crazy!?! nope just excited for it and got to post it like rn
and yeah yeah still nothing official with jay BUT I KNOW IT'LL HAPPENED IT HAD TO BE
After being exposed to the new descriptions for Dragons Rising S2P2 without warning, I can confidently say Bro Zane is gonna do bum fuck nothing
heyyyyy I got my scanner working, come get y'all's juice! A short story from one of the Ninjago magazines featuring Echo!!!!