Recent content by Parmandur

The soundtrack for TMP is dope.

Without lookomg at the book, the top dude in the Yeomanry is a Goliath, the Knight Commander in the Shieldlands is a Dragonborn, the chief personage in the Rovers of the Barons is a Tiefling, and each Species gets bamechecked in one region or another. It'll there, and anybody coming to the book...

Now, see, this is an interesting point. Though I would argue thisnis more Setting influencing mechanics, because the narratives of various D&D worlds continued to reflect natural narrative logic even when 3E broke the math of AD&D. That's fluff informing a fix to the mechanics.

All the PHB Species have named NPCs in the Gazateer, and there isn't really any need explanation: dragons, Giants, fiends, and celestials are all well enough established, and rhe average new player is juat going to take what's in the books and run with it. How don't they...? Again, named NPVs...

Where is the friction in the DMG version...? There is explicitly.places made for all of the elements in the core books. Being an old school Setting is not a problem, because D&D is a game based on old school literary tropes. 5E was designed specifically to run AD&D material.

Yeah, I seriously don't know what any Setting that is "Everything in 5E" would offer that is different from just running Hreyhawk out of the DMG.

Insurrection is the most like a feature length mediocre episode. Final frontier is the most like a terrible episode. Voyage Home is the most like a really good episode. First Contact is probsvly the best just as a movie.

To be fair, thisnis also like several episodes of the Original Series, the ones that never got played on UHG marathons when I was a kid.

Princes of the Apocalypse is actually pretty good.

What mechanics of 2E inspired any element of the Setting...? What I see in my second hand copy of Space Adventures is a bunch of bespoke mechanics meant to capture the fluff vibe.

I don't see how that does or does not follow from the mechanics. 2014 and 2024 rules are going to be neutral about thst sort of Setting detail.

Yes, but that was designed Setting first, and under the influence of alcohol in a bar to boot. The mechanics were built around the Heavy Metal album cover vibes.

More close to home, BG3 has sales well in excess of the individual Driz'zt books, from what I have seen indications of.

How is it different in a way that would impact a Setting...? Other than Eberron, I seriously cannot think of anylother example of mechanics-to-Setting design.

Yes, the MtG Settings have been wildly creative. Guildmasters Guide to Ravnica cemented James Wyatt as one of the most important designers in D&D history.