D&D 5E Discussion

[Reinhardt]

(...snip) And never, I repeat NEVER cast wish in the realms of dread.

Without a lawyer, you mean.

Even if you can make the perfect wish which can't be messed around, the dark powers have the power to just make it not work or delay it. The DM is encouraged to make the wish fail or delay the wish till he can find a way to corrupt the wish. Also such spells draw attention of dark powers, which can lead to nasty curses and corruption...

Every freaking thing you can do in Ravenloft, with the possible exception of dying, draws attention of the dark powers. Also, encouragement be damned, if the DM can't corrupt your wish and just decide to fail it or ignore the wording, that is cheating. If you don't want to give the players even the possibility of making a wish, then don't give them the spell, don't present it and then cheat if they win.

The whole point of Ravenloft campaign setting is that everyone there are subjects of mysterious dark powers which toys with negative emotions of everyone involved. Including the dark lords.

• Strahd will never get the love of Tatiana
• Meredoth will never complete his research
• Ankhtepot will never fell the pleasure of live again
• Jacqueline Renier will be forever cursed with lycanthropy
• Hazlik will never learn a new spell or become stronger
• Elena Faith-hold will never get her paladin's powers back

The dark lords are nobles with his own domains and subjects? Yes, but at the same time they are prisoners forced to live under constantly cycles of frustration and torment. Only Vecna managed to escape the dark powers canonnically speaking.

It is AD&D. The point is to try to beat them.

b-but think about poor dark lords fee-fees!

 

[Cryomancer]

b-but think about poor dark lords fee-fees!

My point is just that it made them more interesting villains and how their curses enhance the sense of mystery and atmosphere of dread...

 

[RangerBoo]

This is how you know that a company doesn't care about the product they are making and believe that fans are just stupid brainlets that will buy whatever shit you push out of your ass. This is also how you know that a company has no respect whatsoever for stuff made in the past and in fact actually hate it and think they can do better. How did that go for Amazons Rings of Power WotC and Hasbro?

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Why don't you want to join forces with the Knights of Somalia?

 

[RangerBoo]

Why don't you want to join forces with the Knights of Somalia?

This just makes me curious over how many spelling errors will be in the final product. This truly shows that WotC does not care whatsoever about their products and their quality and believes that fans are just mindless consoomer retards that will buy anything. This might not be the best mindset to have in this economy.

 

[Cael]

Why don't you want to join forces with the Knights of Somalia?

This just makes me curious over how many spelling errors will be in the final product. This truly shows that WotC does not care whatsoever about their products and their quality and believes that fans are just mindless consoomer retards that will buy anything. This might not be the best mindset to have in this economy.

Why not? HBS got away with it in their game, to the clapping and cheering of the cunts here in the Codex led by infinishit.

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

In fairness, this was probably some social media intern who has no idea what's going on. I'm more offended by the art than the misspellings.

 

[JamesDixon]

In fairness, this was probably some social media intern who has no idea what's going on. I'm more offended by the art than the misspellings.

That was art? Wow Larry Elmore and the original TSR artists are spinning in their graves over this travesty.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

In fairness, this was probably some social media intern who has no idea what's going on. I'm more offended by the art than the misspellings.

That was art? Wow Larry Elmore and the original TSR artists are spinning in their graves over this travesty.

That would be quite an accomplishment for Larry Elmore, who is still alive. Keith Parkinson and Jim Holloway have both passed away, as have David Trampier, David C. Sutherland III, and probably a few more of the early D&D/AD&D artists.

 

[NecroLord]

Why don't you want to join forces with the Knights of Somalia?

The orcs of Somalia.

Zed Duke of Banville I miss and prefer the art style of those fine gentlemen so much,instead of the trashy post 3e/3.5 art...

 

[Alex]

In fairness, this was probably some social media intern who has no idea what's going on. I'm more offended by the art than the misspellings.

That was art? Wow Larry Elmore and the original TSR artists are spinning in their graves over this travesty.

That would be quite an accomplishment for Larry Elmore, who is still alive. (...)

Well... technically, it is easier to spin in your grave if you are still alive.

 

[udm]

https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/dragonlance-5e-war-designer-comments

When asked how Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen will address the trauma inherent in war, Schneider told Wargamer “this is not something we provide rules for.” “There is not a stress mechanic in the game; if you want to explore that in-depth, that is for you and your party to talk about and decide”, he says. “Beyond that, as part of the narrative, in no way do we present war as a fun, exciting time for knights and heroes.”

Schneider also co-led Radiant Citadel along with Ajit George. When discussing Radiant Citadel, George told Wargamer in an interview, “I find that stories are often based on war, and then we glorify war, and I have some real problems with the glorification of war.”

lmaoooooo

 

[Reinhardt]

well, "i have some real problems" part is true. admitting is first step to recovery.

 

[Caim]

Just play an RPG that does have stress mechanics, like Call of Cthulhu.

 

[NecroLord]

Just play an RPG that does have stress mechanics, like Call of Cthulhu.

I know,right?

 

[MajorMace]

There's a third part d&d5e called Fateforge which features modular rules, and one of these is lovecraftian horror and sanity management. I never tried it but I liked the idea. Their setting is pretty well done as well from what i've heard.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/dragonlance-5e-war-designer-comments

When asked how Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen will address the trauma inherent in war, Schneider told Wargamer “this is not something we provide rules for.” “There is not a stress mechanic in the game; if you want to explore that in-depth, that is for you and your party to talk about and decide”, he says. “Beyond that, as part of the narrative, in no way do we present war as a fun, exciting time for knights and heroes.”

Schneider also co-led Radiant Citadel along with Ajit George. When discussing Radiant Citadel, George told Wargamer in an interview, “I find that stories are often based on war, and then we glorify war, and I have some real problems with the glorification of war.”

lmaoooooo

Rather play the original Dragonlance wargame DL11 Dragons of Glory than anything released by the WotC/Hasbro pretenders.

 

[Akachi]

EXCITING news from WotC's new announcement and errata, "Leveling Up Our Creative Process: Learnings From Spelljammer"!

Harmful Content​

If we discover that something we created is harmful or hurtful to fans, we correct it. Then we identify how it happened and how to do better in the future.

The first printing of Spelljammer: Adventures in Space included two pieces of content that fans correctly flagged as offensive. The first is an illustration of a hadozee bard that resembles offensive minstrelsy materials and other racist depictions of Black people. The second is a paragraph about hadozees that reinforces harmful real-world stereotypes. Future reprints will omit both the illustration and the offensive text, neither of which had been reviewed by cultural experts.

Inclusion Reviews​

In the weeks since fans flagged the offensive content in Spelljammer, we in the D&D Studio have been building and testing a new inclusion-review process. Inclusion reviews ensure our games are inclusive and welcoming for all players.

Previously, inclusion reviews were done at the discretion of the Product Lead, who identified which pieces of a product needed an outside inclusion review. The studio’s new process mandates that every word, illustration, and map must be reviewed by multiple outside cultural consultants prior to publication.

While the D&D team is racially, ethnically, gender, and cognitively diverse, we don’t want our marginalized employees to be burdened with the task of reviewing content for cultural competency. That’s why we leverage the expertise of outside cultural consultants.

The D&D team has decided that going into the future, every word, illustration, and map will receive review by multiple cultural consultants. I am especially relieved to learn that maps will undergo this inclusion-review process; WotC has a long history of offensive maps including racism, sexism, anti-semitism, and microaggressions, while avoiding any maps that represent people of colour or gender diversity. Maps are one of the main ways systemic racism expresses in D&D today. Fortunately, their team is now cognitively diverse enough to correct all of this, or at least to understand they need to hire cultural experts who can help, since their marginalised team might be traumatised if they had to do it themselves.

You have to view the errata PDF linked to see the positive impact this is already having:

• The word "golem" has been stripped completely from the Spelljammer books. This anti-semitic word is probably not going to be used anymore in the future, and likely golems will no longer be called such in the One D&D Monster Manual.
• The word "blind" has been replaced and is not going to be used anymore except to refer to disability. Offensive abilities on monsters such as "Blinding Eyes" and "Blinding Brilliance" have been renamed.
• The word "priest" is no longer used in the name of an evil enemy or to refer to it. Hopefully, this word is never used to refer to evil in any WotC products again.

Very good changes lately! Though I had expected the G-word to be dropped at some point when Jeremy Crawford said they'd stop using the word "phylactery" back when they released a Vecna statblock that avoided using that slur. The cognitively diverse blind orthodox Jewish rabbi at my table is going to be very happy. This game that used to be about killing evil Jewish liches and their golems and giving disabilities to Black orcs and drow is for everyone now.

 

[JamesDixon]

EXCITING news from WotC's new announcement and errata, "Leveling Up Our Creative Process: Learnings From Spelljammer"!

Harmful Content​

If we discover that something we created is harmful or hurtful to fans, we correct it. Then we identify how it happened and how to do better in the future.

The first printing of Spelljammer: Adventures in Space included two pieces of content that fans correctly flagged as offensive. The first is an illustration of a hadozee bard that resembles offensive minstrelsy materials and other racist depictions of Black people. The second is a paragraph about hadozees that reinforces harmful real-world stereotypes. Future reprints will omit both the illustration and the offensive text, neither of which had been reviewed by cultural experts.

Inclusion Reviews​

In the weeks since fans flagged the offensive content in Spelljammer, we in the D&D Studio have been building and testing a new inclusion-review process. Inclusion reviews ensure our games are inclusive and welcoming for all players.

Previously, inclusion reviews were done at the discretion of the Product Lead, who identified which pieces of a product needed an outside inclusion review. The studio’s new process mandates that every word, illustration, and map must be reviewed by multiple outside cultural consultants prior to publication.

While the D&D team is racially, ethnically, gender, and cognitively diverse, we don’t want our marginalized employees to be burdened with the task of reviewing content for cultural competency. That’s why we leverage the expertise of outside cultural consultants.

The D&D team has decided that going into the future, every word, illustration, and map will receive review by multiple cultural consultants. I am especially relieved to learn that maps will undergo this inclusion-review process; WotC has a long history of offensive maps including racism, sexism, anti-semitism, and microaggressions, while avoiding any maps that represent people of colour or gender diversity. Maps are one of the main ways systemic racism expresses in D&D today. Fortunately, their team is now cognitively diverse enough to correct all of this, or at least to understand they need to hire cultural experts who can help, since their marginalised team might be traumatised if they had to do it themselves.

You have to view the errata PDF linked to see the positive impact this is already having:

• The word "golem" has been stripped completely from the Spelljammer books. This anti-semitic word is probably not going to be used anymore in the future, and likely golems will no longer be called such in the One D&D Monster Manual.
• The word "blind" has been replaced and is not going to be used anymore except to refer to disability. Offensive abilities on monsters such as "Blinding Eyes" and "Blinding Brilliance" have been renamed.
• The word "priest" is no longer used in the name of an evil enemy or to refer to it. Hopefully, this word is never used to refer to evil in any WotC products again.

Very good changes lately! Though I had expected the G-word to be dropped at some point when Jeremy Crawford said they'd stop using the word "phylactery" back when they released a Vecna statblock that avoided using that slur. The cognitively diverse blind orthodox Jewish rabbi at my table is going to be very happy. This game that used to be about killing evil Jewish liches and their golems and giving disabilities to Black orcs and drow is for everyone now.

Good thing I have the originals and Wizards of the Woke can go fuck themselves.

 

[J1M]

They are going to run out of words that are allowed.

 

[Grim Monk]

I would say that WotC should hurry up and rename the game to "Sugarcoat & Sanitizer"...

But the "Inclusion Reviewers" will probably flag that as "offensive to people suffering from Diabetes and/or Germophobia!"

 

[Larianshill]

Only a new world war could possibly unfuck the society.

 

[Jasede]

EXCITING news from WotC's new announcement and errata, "Leveling Up Our Creative Process: Learnings From Spelljammer"!

Harmful Content​

If we discover that something we created is harmful or hurtful to fans, we correct it. Then we identify how it happened and how to do better in the future.

The first printing of Spelljammer: Adventures in Space included two pieces of content that fans correctly flagged as offensive. The first is an illustration of a hadozee bard that resembles offensive minstrelsy materials and other racist depictions of Black people. The second is a paragraph about hadozees that reinforces harmful real-world stereotypes. Future reprints will omit both the illustration and the offensive text, neither of which had been reviewed by cultural experts.

Inclusion Reviews​

In the weeks since fans flagged the offensive content in Spelljammer, we in the D&D Studio have been building and testing a new inclusion-review process. Inclusion reviews ensure our games are inclusive and welcoming for all players.

Previously, inclusion reviews were done at the discretion of the Product Lead, who identified which pieces of a product needed an outside inclusion review. The studio’s new process mandates that every word, illustration, and map must be reviewed by multiple outside cultural consultants prior to publication.

While the D&D team is racially, ethnically, gender, and cognitively diverse, we don’t want our marginalized employees to be burdened with the task of reviewing content for cultural competency. That’s why we leverage the expertise of outside cultural consultants.

The D&D team has decided that going into the future, every word, illustration, and map will receive review by multiple cultural consultants. I am especially relieved to learn that maps will undergo this inclusion-review process; WotC has a long history of offensive maps including racism, sexism, anti-semitism, and microaggressions, while avoiding any maps that represent people of colour or gender diversity. Maps are one of the main ways systemic racism expresses in D&D today. Fortunately, their team is now cognitively diverse enough to correct all of this, or at least to understand they need to hire cultural experts who can help, since their marginalised team might be traumatised if they had to do it themselves.

You have to view the errata PDF linked to see the positive impact this is already having:

• The word "golem" has been stripped completely from the Spelljammer books. This anti-semitic word is probably not going to be used anymore in the future, and likely golems will no longer be called such in the One D&D Monster Manual.
• The word "blind" has been replaced and is not going to be used anymore except to refer to disability. Offensive abilities on monsters such as "Blinding Eyes" and "Blinding Brilliance" have been renamed.
• The word "priest" is no longer used in the name of an evil enemy or to refer to it. Hopefully, this word is never used to refer to evil in any WotC products again.

Very good changes lately! Though I had expected the G-word to be dropped at some point when Jeremy Crawford said they'd stop using the word "phylactery" back when they released a Vecna statblock that avoided using that slur. The cognitively diverse blind orthodox Jewish rabbi at my table is going to be very happy. This game that used to be about killing evil Jewish liches and their golems and giving disabilities to Black orcs and drow is for everyone now.

This has to be a joke.

 

[Cael]

EXCITING news from WotC's new announcement and errata, "Leveling Up Our Creative Process: Learnings From Spelljammer"!

Harmful Content​

If we discover that something we created is harmful or hurtful to fans, we correct it. Then we identify how it happened and how to do better in the future.

The first printing of Spelljammer: Adventures in Space included two pieces of content that fans correctly flagged as offensive. The first is an illustration of a hadozee bard that resembles offensive minstrelsy materials and other racist depictions of Black people. The second is a paragraph about hadozees that reinforces harmful real-world stereotypes. Future reprints will omit both the illustration and the offensive text, neither of which had been reviewed by cultural experts.

Inclusion Reviews​

In the weeks since fans flagged the offensive content in Spelljammer, we in the D&D Studio have been building and testing a new inclusion-review process. Inclusion reviews ensure our games are inclusive and welcoming for all players.

Previously, inclusion reviews were done at the discretion of the Product Lead, who identified which pieces of a product needed an outside inclusion review. The studio’s new process mandates that every word, illustration, and map must be reviewed by multiple outside cultural consultants prior to publication.

While the D&D team is racially, ethnically, gender, and cognitively diverse, we don’t want our marginalized employees to be burdened with the task of reviewing content for cultural competency. That’s why we leverage the expertise of outside cultural consultants.

The D&D team has decided that going into the future, every word, illustration, and map will receive review by multiple cultural consultants. I am especially relieved to learn that maps will undergo this inclusion-review process; WotC has a long history of offensive maps including racism, sexism, anti-semitism, and microaggressions, while avoiding any maps that represent people of colour or gender diversity. Maps are one of the main ways systemic racism expresses in D&D today. Fortunately, their team is now cognitively diverse enough to correct all of this, or at least to understand they need to hire cultural experts who can help, since their marginalised team might be traumatised if they had to do it themselves.

You have to view the errata PDF linked to see the positive impact this is already having:

• The word "golem" has been stripped completely from the Spelljammer books. This anti-semitic word is probably not going to be used anymore in the future, and likely golems will no longer be called such in the One D&D Monster Manual.
• The word "blind" has been replaced and is not going to be used anymore except to refer to disability. Offensive abilities on monsters such as "Blinding Eyes" and "Blinding Brilliance" have been renamed.
• The word "priest" is no longer used in the name of an evil enemy or to refer to it. Hopefully, this word is never used to refer to evil in any WotC products again.

Very good changes lately! Though I had expected the G-word to be dropped at some point when Jeremy Crawford said they'd stop using the word "phylactery" back when they released a Vecna statblock that avoided using that slur. The cognitively diverse blind orthodox Jewish rabbi at my table is going to be very happy. This game that used to be about killing evil Jewish liches and their golems and giving disabilities to Black orcs and drow is for everyone now.

Good thing I have the originals and Wizards of the Woke can go fuck themselves.

I have all the DnD stuff I ever need before 4th Ed was even on the horizon. Woketards of the cunts can got fuck themselves with a shattered glass pillar and die an agonising death of exsanguination.

 

[thesecret1]

Never cared about any of the official "content", lol. Give me the ruleset and statblocks and fuck off