America still has an alcohol problem. It may have been worse back then, and it may not be as bad as some other countries today, but still. You can’t convince me there’s anything healthy about the drinking culture surrounding sports, college life, and all manner of special events.

1. The temperance movement wanted prohibition to be extremely difficult to repeal. They wanted abstinence from alcohol to be permanently enshrined in the legal and moral fabric of the nation.

2. At the time, the Supreme Court’s interpretation of federal powers was more narrow than today. Any such act of Congress was likely to face an uphill battle because it would be seen as regulating commerce, and such powers were supposed to be left up to the individual states.

Prohibition was definitely the wrong way to go about it. It introduced all kinds of problems. I think the aim of ending alcohol consumption is a noble one, but the only way for it to work is for people to want to not drink.

I think restricting the advertisement of alcohol (as stringently as we currently restrict the advertisement of tobacco) would be a huge step in the right direction.

That’s fuckin’ metal. Like a Venus flytrap of the deep.

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12.5 is average for an adventuring hero using the standard array plus typical adjustments for race.

Even if you roll 3d6 across the board with no adjustments, old school, 10.5 is average.