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    D&D General D&D Red Box: Who Is The Warrior?

    now I can’t the lyric out get out of my head …” l bet you think this picture’s about you, don’t you, don’t you.” I get retconning, it has its place, especially if the historical context warrants it, but to claim it’s not retconning is gaslighting.
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    D&D General D&D Red Box: Who Is The Warrior?

    There is even a character explicitly expressing as female in the full framed piece of that art
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    D&D 5E Are "evil gods" necessary? [THREAD NECRO]

    Ontologically, no. There is no need for evil to be an alternative view of the ideals in the universe. Orthogonally, yes. Some thing of equal power needs to be narratively present ( and yes no gods at all is equally as valid), but if good gods exist then something of cumulative “evil” must...
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    D&D General DMs Guild and DriveThruRPG ban AI written works, requires labels for AI generated art

    This goes back to Descartes, except the argument is automation - creativity, rather than body - soul. The argument now revolves around the special nature of “creativity” as being specifically human
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    D&D (2024) Jeremy Crawford: “We are releasing new editions of the books”

    …. And Numenera, and 13th Age, and Shadow of the Demonlord…
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    D&D 5E What is a Social challenge, anyways?

    Being a D&D player during the 80s was a Social Challenge ... is that what you mean :)
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    D&D Movie/TV Chris Pine To Star In D&D Movie

    They’re making plans to shoot first quarter of next year in Belfast ... interesting
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    “Who started it?” Initiative order

    I do like the sucker punch advantage. But what's good for the goose is good for the gander, and it makes assassins lethal...
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    Ravnica: Is This The New D&D Setting? [UPDATED & CONFIRMED!]

    Now partly in jest, but of course Star Wars - less the development but more the attitude - "we don't need these old gronards who've supported the franchise telling us how to run our franchise." ... maybe only partly in jest. Now, I don't think there's a political agenda here, and I doubt there...
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    Ravnica: Is This The New D&D Setting? [UPDATED & CONFIRMED!]

    I can think of another franchise that just imploded with the same thinking ...
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    D&D 5E Character Advancement versus Pathfinder

    pathfinder is about to undergo an edition shift / playtest starts after gen con this year, if that plays in to your thinking
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    D&D 5E Amazon: D&D at the start of 2018

    Actually, from a revenue perspective they get to book the sale price to the distributor (which I was assuming was 50% because of Amazon)
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    D&D 5E Amazon: D&D at the start of 2018

    Remember, WoTc makes about 50% the retail price
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