“Considers” ≠ “Counts”

“Tom counts a yellow Corvette among his three sportscars” would be a perfectly natural statement in an article where Corvette ownership is relevant. In this article, parenthood of a transgender child is relevant.

By “illegal,” do you mean the player is not allowed to choose the race for their character? Or do you mean the race is outlawed within the setting, i.e. Orcs would have no legal protections and are persecuted by the law?

“Spicy” isn’t a taste, it’s just a mildly painful chemical irritation. Spicy substances can hurt many sensitive body parts, including the mouth, nose, eyes, anus, and genitals. It’s nothing to do with tastebuds, more to do with thin unprotected membranes in your body being sensitive to chemicals such as capsaicin or allyl isothiocyanate.

Total Party Kill - i.e. every member of the adventuring party dies.

My favorite druid was a Wizard / Druid (Circle of the Land) multiclass. From a role-playing perspective I didn’t really differentiate between his wizard spells and his druid spells - he was a “hedge mage” hermit who taught himself how to work magic. He used a component pouch because that covered all the non-scarce spell components for both classes.

From a gameplay perspective, he wasn’t very powerful because his access to higher-level spells was delayed. On the other hand, he had a WIDE variety of lower-level spells. He was able to cast most level-appropriate ritual spells from both classes, always had a utility spell ready for any situation, and Arcane Recovery + Natural Recovery meant he almost never ran out of slots. He was a good versatile caster.

Oh, and he was a goblin who used Disguise Self to pass as a gnome whenever he visited civilization.

I love Solasta. It doesn’t have quite the same narrative depth and player agency as (the first half of) Baldur’s Gate 3, but I think it’s a far better simulator of tabletop D&D. The mod support is awesome.

Firstly… by default, dropping to 0 hit points doesn’t kill a creature. It knocks it unconscious, and it has to start making death saving throws.

Secondly, did you read the spell? It explicitly says the creature is not knocked unconscious as long as the excess damage isn’t enough to reduce its NORMAL form to 0 hit points.

My favorite part was when Nightcrawler said “It’s nightcrawlin’ time!” and nightcrawled all over those guys.