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Higher and lower scores are pretty inevitable. At least with point buy your low is just slightly worse than average even average if...
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The deva was able to pass as human and I figured out a way for the in-world explanation to work. Meanwhile I don't have any issues with...
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If I wanted to run a kitchen sink campaign like FR tortles would be allowed. I don't ban tortles because of the way the look, they...
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I don't agree with that definition. Almost every DM I know also worldbuilds when PCs head to a location that has no or minimal...
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Those are mutually exclusive positions. It cannot be untouched with no tortles and have just one tortle. Whether the impact of that...
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No kidding. It all started with my comment that for many people there was no compromise, it was tortle or nothing. Supposedly nobody...
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I think that the more amusing part is how that was after a denial paired with calling for you to find examples of posts showing that...
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I'm running the best game I know how. Based on feedback, how long I retain players, how rarely it is that I have anyone asks to play...
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I think this line is odd. If this were true, half of this thread wouldn't have both restrictions due to world building and long...
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Your "compromise" is let the player play ... wait for it ... a TORTLE!!!! Like I said above. That's not compromise, it's not a...
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In 5e it does. It literally says you carry a noble title, and your family owns lands, collects taxes, etc. That noble title and...
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All I said was that there was nothing I saw different from his first blog post other than calling people munchkins. I don't know what...
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Then what is your counter-proposal? There are only two aspects of being a tortle that matter. The attitude and outlook on life, the...
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He talks about the Ravnica, Wildemount and Flee, Mortals books. Another option is encounter design. I see no reference to the 2024...
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For the record I have nothing against Tortles. They were just shorthand / figurehead / variable for "player concept that the DM doesn't...
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