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Chief Yells at Clouds

An ongoing opinion series in which LP’s Curmudgeon in Residence, Shawn Stanford (call him ‘Chief’), takes issue with everything that isn’t exactly the way it was when he started playing D&D on papyrus and clay tablets.

Picture of a display of many different types of pastries in a case. — 5e's character creation is out of control.

Chief Yells at Character Creation

February 4, 2020 in Chief Yells at Clouds / Creativity / D&D / RPG / Tabletop tagged 5e / 5th edition / D&D / Dungeons & Dragons / Dungeons and Dragons / fifth edition / Pen and Paper / RPG / Tabletop / TTRPG by Shawn

Random encounters are like the worst part of a sandbox campaign combined with the worst part of a railroad campaign.

Chief yells a Random Encounters

January 29, 2020 in Chief Yells at Clouds / D&D / Tabletop tagged 5e / 5th edition / D&D / Dungeons & Dragons / Dungeons and Dragons / fifth edition / Pen and Paper / RPG / Tabletop / TTRPG by Shawn

Heaven forbid players complain that the GM 'removed their agency'.

Chief Yells at Decisions

January 21, 2020 in Chief Yells at Clouds / D&D / Tabletop tagged 5e / 5th edition / D&D / Dungeons & Dragons / Dungeons and Dragons / fifth edition / Pen and Paper / RPG / Tabletop / TTRPG by Shawn

A grave marker reading 'R.I.P.". — It's unfair to expect that the GM will always make things right when PCs blunder into danger.

Chief Yells at Death

January 14, 2020 in Chief Yells at Clouds / D&D / Tabletop tagged 5e / 5th edition / D&D / Dungeons & Dragons / Dungeons and Dragons / fifth edition / Pen and Paper / RPG / Tabletop / TTRPG by Shawn