Yep, I used to pay for premium R20 to support them because I really did like their interface. The day I saw the owner's comments towards us white devils I canceled my subscription.
Care to post a screenshot or link? I am unfamiliar with Reddit and this sound like a lot of fun (from a shitstorm perspective).
Yeah... I'm playing a sword and board fighter (champion) and even though the game is fun, combat boils down to "hit big evil thing" in every goddamned round for me. The most tactically relevant decision I have, is when to use Action Surge or Second Wind... and the only way to misuse Action Surge is to use it on anything but the biggest MoFo in the room.
This gives a good overview. The co-owner, Nolan Jones, cannot take any criticism at all and has a problem with, generally speaking, "five white dudes". He's essentially the kind of guy you'd reflexively laugh at if you saw him run over in the street.
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I mean in fairness wasn't champion built to be as simple of a fighter as possible? I remember he seemed to get a bunch of bonuses to his crits so he was literally only good at hitting hard with very few control elements. If you want something fun to do instead of hitting just run around and push over enemies so that a hasted rogue can get a shit ton of sneak attacks, unless sneak attack is once a round which would be dumb.
The one tactically-minded player who enjoyed Champion Fighter in my personal experience was the guy who went crit-fishing with as many attacks, buffs, and magical items he could beg, borrow, or "borrow". He had fun, but it was a pretty niche build, and I wouldn't have enjoyed playing it myself.
I vaguely remember that it was mechanically shit, but in my gaming group we literally only looked at it once and rejected it for several reasons. Note it isn't due to grognardism, we adapted 5e just fine and actually play a bit of the 2d20 system modiphius had for Star Trek Adventures. It's just that plain shit.
The "X-card" thing has been around for a little while now, predating Pathfinder, though I'm sure those tards would love to take credit for it. Probably at least 3-4 years in the convention circuit. Unfortunately it's becoming more and more mainstream. I have run games at Gencon before all this nonsense. Now if I did I would personally just hand a $5 bill to anyone who asked for an X-card, tell them to get the fuck out and let the rest of us play.
That is the saving grace. Unless these dumbasses find a way to make the mechanics of these games woke, which would be quite a feat, they can still be valuable. The only thing you have to wrestle with is financially supporting companied like Paizo and WotC, who have gone full woke. I will still buy some professional material but my purchases are not nearly what they once were in 4e and prior.
I tend to get inspired with music more often than not; I often can paint events in my head just by listening to something and then just use the relative shitload of history knowledge in my head to make it work.
I do when I'm actually running a game, but only if I start drinking when the game starts. I also drink absinthe which is not too bad for this, as you stay relatively clear headed longer. Downside is a 3-extra-strength-tylenol hangover.