I'm one of them. I've dabbled before, but never stuck with it. Then I had a ton of issues with Windows 11, but the straw that broke the camel's back was seeing a Copilot button in fucking Notepad.
Now I'm on EndeavourOS, and it genuinely feels like a more user-friendly experience. So congrats, Microsoft. You're not even the "just works" option anymore.
I felt aggressively bored when reading the comments about the playtest.
Did they improve DM support? Make CR actually work? Is combat more dynamic and faster-paced? Is character creation still a pain in the ass? Did they flesh out non-combat? Do player abilities still tend to solve problems by just turning off parts of the game? Is there a clear vision for what this even is?
Oh look, it's mostly balance changes to the classes.
I'm not saying they didn't make some changes to fix my issues. I wouldn't know either way, since I can't be bothered to check, since the core audience sure did make it seem like its mostly balance changes to the classes.
Right alongside "Never get involved in a land war in Asia," and "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line."
I think it's been long enough that I forgot I don't like Munchkin, and want to play Munchkin.
Honestly, me neither, but apparently those lyrics were still firmly lodged in my brain. :P I think I'm going to give them another listen, too.
Grew a mustache and a mullet
Got a job at Chick-Fil-A
Citing "artistic differences"
The band broke up in May
And in June reformed without me
And they got a different name
I nuked another grandma's apple pie
And hung my head in shame
She's in the same camp as Giuliani: A shitty person, who would have had a much better reputation had they just shut the fuck up.
She was always an awful candidate, and the DNC made a HUGE fucking mistake supporting her. But, after Trump, libs would probably joke about her the way they joke about Al Gore. "If only they had won, we would all be at brunch!"
Instead, she pops up every year or two to punch left, remind everyone she sucks, and then does fuck all for anyone until next time.
ICE is ruining Halloween, the shutdown is ruining Thanksgiving, but Trump has one surefire way to save Christmas.
"You are using Bonetti's Defense against me, ah?"
Boring possibility: the DM thinks halflings and gnomes are largely redundant, and picked one to ban.
Or the one shot involves outsiders getting involved with a halfling community in trouble!
Kender, who were similar to halflings and I think are now a variant, were notorious for this. Their schtick is that they "borrow" things from their party members, not understanding that it's theft. It gave assholes license to be assholes under the guise of roleplay, until the table inevitably needs a talk.
And what's going on with the speech bubbles in the fourth panel?