That’s honestly less than I’ve gone through for some art projects (artist, not student). At least it’s recyclable

But are they only 3 feet deep? /s

Rohan should demand at least double that to return

Adobe does the same exact fucking bullshit

It’s AI generated

The Ken Paxton Center for State Sponsored Torture

Yep she’s the prime example of one

Hochul is a conservative in centrist clothes

RAW verbal and somatic components give you away similar to making an attack. That’s why Subtle Spell and similar exist. There’s no “roll to cast secretly” mechanic on purpose, the benefit of being hidden is that you get advantage on your first attack

I also left, the industry is toxic right now. Circus for me

It’s always exactly who you expect

When a product is so absolutely terrible that uncommented code is the best it can do…

You make the billionaires proud, such a good lil capitalist

In fairness it’s strong plastic, but I wish they’d used metal. Curse you Timberland!

I definitely haven’t had the same experience. Anything I get that is pleather ends up breaking down sooner rather than later (especially thrifted pleather). Hell, my favorite pair of pleather pants recently lost a dish sized area by the crotch, and those were bought new from a brand I trust. Virtually every pair of pleather boots has ended up in the trash, and I currently have a long pleather skirt that basically ripped from floor to waist that I’m still deciding whether to fix or not.

I will add the disclaimer that I’m an experienced leatherworker which affects my bias

I rarely get real leather new, and when it fails it’s rarely the actual leather. I have a jacket I thrifted about a decade ago that is still going strong, though I’ve had to replace the buttons a few times. My most recent leather boots survived multiple camping trips and heavy use, until the plastic zipper broke. Even my leatherwork mainly uses repurposed scraps. At this point my partner and I refuse to buy/use a daily purse that is anything but leather because of how long it lasts. It’s worth repairing leather, it’s not worth repairing pleather.

And it’s fucking terrible compared to real leather. It’ll start flaking or cracking after a year, it’s fucking dangerous around fire, it offers no fucking insulation or protection, it’s shit.

A problem in the fire performer community is that novices will grab it thinking it’s the same as real leather, or because they oppose real leather, and we always have to pull them aside and give em a stern talk about how dangerous it is

They specifically don’t require a free hand

Instead of using a weapon to make a melee attack, you can use a punch, kick, headbutt, or similar forceful blow. In game terms, this is an Unarmed Strike

D&D isn’t a real world simulator. It values them all equally.

An Unarmed Strike without modifier would also be literally 1 point of damage, barring Monk or Unarmed Fighting Style

So there’s a few issues here:

• Unarmed Strikes do not require an open hand. Punches, kicks, and slams all count as the same Unarmed Strike
• If you were to allow this, there would be no reason to allow someone with two Shortswords or a Greataxe to do a BA strike
• …which would then render the BA attack from Polearm Master moot since they no longer need a feat to do that
• I’ll also note that the fighter with a sword in one hand and nothing in the other is likely using the Duelist fighting style, so that sword attack is effectively two die sizes larger. A Duelist Longsword is roughly equivalent to a Greatsword to put it in perspective

At the end of the day, allowing martials to perform a BA Unarmed Strike wouldn’t be game breaking, but it needs to be applied universally which has secondary implications