This week, we're starting a flame war, and it's only part 1 of 3! Today we're talking about our criticisms of D&D 5E, and why it isn't the optimal system for our personal roleplaying adventures a lot of the time. We'll cover GNS theory, D&D as primarily a Gamist ttrpg, D&D as the elephant in the room, problematic traditions in D&D, alignment, naming spells after the designers, apparent choice vs optimal choice, optimize or fail, false choices, module troubles, tabletop design & racism, discrimination, and concept limitations.

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