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AAK81 reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with
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To kind of expand on what my thoughts were and to explore concepts of gaming in general for discussion = The depiction of non-human... -
AAK81 reacted to payn's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Im not entirely sure of the original quote's context? Based on the OP, it seems less interesting setting because of lots of species, and...
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AAK81 reacted to innerdude's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
An interesting point was brought up in the What rpg system would you use for a 60+ session fantasy campaign? thread earlier this week...
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AAK81 reacted to Arilyn's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Many tables in the early days mooshed together original with Advanced. Many rules in Advanced were dropped or not noticed. Gary...
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AAK81 reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I don't believe I've made any demands for proof -- I have simply stated that there is no proof and that, lacking it, I reject these...
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AAK81 reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Essentially, I agree that we don't and can't know, which is why I push back against people who claim that their personal experience is...
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AAK81 reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I have yet to see any evidence, beyond some personal anecdotes, that there is a "big difference" in people's ability to recognise or...
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AAK81 reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I don't see any major shifts in D&D happening any time in the near future. DDB is now integral to the game, which means D&D needs to...
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AAK81 reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
The community is also built off of decades of normal people being the DM and providing fair and fun play. Ultimately what we are...
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AAK81 reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Yet again I just can't get my head around the games and groups some people have experienced. At 14 years of age, in the 80s, my players...
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AAK81 reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Yeah, this idea that in the dark old days GMs tended to be bad and understanding how to run a good game is some kind of new discovery...
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AAK81 reacted to Arilyn's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I doubt it. Keith is writing a blog, not doing You Tube videos, as far as I know. His readers are 5e fans, buying his books in order to...
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AAK81 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Yeah, as one of the old farts of the board, I can say in the '70's that really top-down GMing was treated like it was the expected way...
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AAK81 reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Those are all great examples of "I really wanted this $MechanicalThing can I use it and say xyz so it fits?". It's so much cleaner and...
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AAK81 reacted to Chaltab's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I feel like you're stretching a bit here. Even the Full Casters (especially Sorcerers) got more powerful in 2024, if not as much of a...