Seems shortsighted

In case it’s a genuine a question, there isn’t an opposite side to odd-sided dice. Had it been a d326 it would have been 326+1 in total, if it were a d328 it would be 328+1

The pommel is spiked to end your enemies extra righteously

Some of its roots (like norse mythology) is far older and/or unrelated to what you mentioned.

I was mostly thinking about Tolkien’s legendarium and the tales inspiring his work. Some of its roots (like norse mythology) is far older and/or unrelated to what you mentioned.

Talk about disrespecting the roots of fantasy

Ah right. It honestly felt so natural I didn’t really think about that.

You made it bleed with a single shot.

My memory is a bit rusty, which event are you referring to?

14/25

Only knew about the linnorm from pathfinder kingmaker beforehand.

Never been a fan of evasion being able to nullify aoe damage. You can’t just evade the fire that’s engulfing your entire body. Should be quarter damage rather flat out zero damage.

Poof and suddenly your barbarian is a turtle. No need to harm them.

If it quacks like a duck…

For MMOs, fair enough. I can see the problem of the believability of the setting if everyone are running around as humans.

I thought we were mainly talking about smaller/local games like tabletop rpg in which the DM or settings creator are annoyed at players mostly preferring humans in their settings.

This has literally killed games that failed to deliver the reality of their brief to their players. Promise one experience, deliver another, and people quit.

Could you elaborate on what you mean by that in relation to people generally preferring to play as humans/vanilla experiences?

Maybe people are downvoting your replies because this is a commonly discussed and well-studied issue in design circles, but you’re failing to understand the problem and dismissing it as a “misguided” concern.

No, when I was writing my comments it was only the person I was talking to that was downvoting, votes are public so you could easily check. At that point, just tell me you don’t want to discuss the topic and I’ll stop replying.

Just because YOU don’t think it’s a problem doesn’t mean it isn’t a problem.

I’m arguing it’s only a problem in the mind of the creator. For the ones it actually do matter for, the audience/customers, it’s not an issue.

It’s misguided in the sense it’s not a real problem for the target audience. BG3 does not have a problem of players not choosing the more exotic races. Maybe some game developers are annoyed about it, but it’s not something that devalues the game. The option is still there for those who wants it.

If you as a creator see that your players are only interested in 20% of the world you have created, you might want you reflect on why that is, and if you’re not better off focusing on those 20%. If you don’t want to do that there’s nothing wrong focusing on the more obscure fluff for own personal enjoyment either. And I really don’t see the point of downvoting all my replies, I’m not trying to argue in bad faith.

I get your point about creators wanting to show off and have all of their creation explored, but at the end of the day, if you are creating something for a user base, what matters is what the users are interested in.

The vast minority ever bothered to learn a single word of Sindarin, but I doubt Tolkien ever cared. You got to figure out if you what you’re making is for your own interest, or others. Calling it a problem that most people prefer the playing humans seems misguided.

I honestly don’t see why people picking humans is an issue, just let people choose what they prefer.

I’m sorry, but this is mild compared to the insanity that is Kirkbride’s Morrowind lore. Gods… how I wish Bethesda hired him for TES 6