You know you can support the Palestinan cause without having to lie egregiously right. In terms of support, this is not “A first world, heavily subsidized, safe government” […] versus “a poor destitute region” alone.
Like Israel has the US as an ally, there is massive financial support from different oil-rich, Middle Eastern countries in the infowar in favor of Palestine. From one side Iran, which is sworn enemies with Israel, and is financing Hezbollah in Lebanon. From another Qatar, where Hamas leaders are (were? I’ve seen reports of them moving so I may be out of date) living in luxury. Hell, even Russia is probably using their troll farms because making Israel look bad makes the US look bad and there is no way they would miss that chance.
So why not lean into it fully and make the GM responsible for the whole balancing?
Because having things balanced properly in regard to the myriad options that are possible in people imaginations is hard, especially related to combat. Improper balacing leads to people having a bad time, while having an established, fair ruleset lets the DM and the players focus on other things.
No need for the framework to do balancing, because a good GM will do that.
But at this point why even have rules? A “good GM” can just entirely improvise a system.
I mean, to each group their own, but 4176 is the total of all together, which is a very unfair way of presenting it.
You’ll never have to choose between all of them, or even a decent fraction.
While leveling up, you’ll have to choose between 4-8 class feats accessible at your level, and you would usually prioritise ones available from your current levels to those available beforehand. Plus, at some point many feats require prerequisite, which means you can cut down half of options you can choose from really. Same thing with the race feats, skill feats and general feats.
8 possibilites maximum at every level up might be too much for some people, but really isn’t in the same ballpark of having to choose between 4000+ every time.
Developers blast the celeb-laden Game Awards as 'an embarrassing indictment of a segment of the industry desperate for validation… with little respect for the devs' (www.pcgamer.com)
California Has Spent Over $4M In Taxpayer Dollars On Gender Surgeries For Prisoners (freebeacon.com)
Why spend thousands of dollars on gender affirming care, when the California tax payers will pay for you to transition?
Swiss parliament approves ban on full-face coverings like burqas, and sets fine for violators (apnews.com)
A Textbook Case of Genocide (jewishcurrents.org)
Israel has been explicit about what it’s carrying out in Gaza. Why isn’t the world listening?
Swiss Federal government starts pilot test on Mastodon (i.imgur.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.ch/post/1019586...
Does 18 hit? (diyrpg.org)
Hot Take: 5e is too bloated with unnecessary rules and should be simplified (ttrpg.network)
I recommend this video to look more into OSR philosophy regarding the rules: www.youtube.com/live/bCxZ3TivVUM?si=aZ-y2U_AVjn9a…
5th Edition D&D books?
With the Trove being long dead, and the last torrent not really being updated anymore, I was wondering what alternatives are out there....
Aw hell (ttrpg.network)
Switzerland Freaks Out After Veselnitskaya Plot Is Exposed (www.thedailybeast.com)
Does your country have something similar to the GDPR?
Just curious....
Reposting my old stuff from Reddit #3: This isn't a jab, this is a warning. (ttrpg.network)
61,000 Europeans may have died in last summer's heat waves, experts say (www.japantimes.co.jp)