I have this amazing antique expandable table with leaves. It’s perfect for big game nights, but I don’t have a place of my own that I can host people at, let alone move the table out of storage. 😆

Someday I’ll be able to host big game nights with it.

I 100% agree and just wanted to build off this comment if that’s alright.

Another side of this is hedonism vs fulfillment. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying hedonism, so long as one isn’t harming themselves or others in the process. But living purely to satiate one’s hedonism tends to lead to a sense of hollowness or unfulfillment.

In addition to letting go of non-destructive hedonistic shame, it’s important to take time to introspect and find what brings a person genuine fulfillment.

The only way I can see getting to the endgame is by starting at high levels. The idea of playing in a game all the way from 1 to 20 is the dream, but the circumstances in which that can happen are incredibly rare. I’m iffy on the subclass standardization, but I’m not too bent out of shape by it. Like, I can see merit to having some classes obtain their subclass at level 1 and there are a few classes that could benefit from having their progression reworked. I can see the advantage of all classes having new subclass features all at the same time though.

After thinking about it, I feel like there could be a nugget of good design in this idea. Obviously the RAW in this UA is simply too much, but if a limiter of some sort is put back on the bard I think there could be something interesting.

For example, if the bard’s spell selection was limited to certain schools again. Or maybe if they returned to a spells-known caster. Even then, having access to all three lists at lvl 10 I think would need even further limitations. I’m much more approving of a ‘magical secrets’ feature more like the current base game, that only came at specific levels, only granted one spell, and was a permanent selection.

I just miss spontaneous casting, rather than all classes being prepared casters… T_T

For me on either side the sentiment can be summarized by moments of “holy shit. That just happened…”

Plans going perfect, plans going awry, shocking acts of RNG, excellent performances of narrative or improv.