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It's more like your buddy at work saying "Hey, I'm going to Quiznos to grab lunch. Want to come?" When you get there the buddy says...
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I have a list of species allowed. Other than that there's not a lot. Banishment doesn't send an extraplanar creature back home unless...
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I've used my world for many different campaigns, several different groups. I'm not building it for an individual, I'm building it for...
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Why not? If a 10th level fighter faced a 1st level fighter I don't expect the latter to last long. They don't have to be built the...
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I see similar notions in a lot of online discussions and I always wonder ... who cares except the DM? Its not like a player sees the...
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My issue is you seem take a comment or viewpoint in a forum post and try to extrapolate everything about the DM. One comment on a D&D...
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What you say above is impossible, so cannot be true. Even the Forgotten Realms, which has more printed material detailing it out than...
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Coming from the guy that says "GMs who do this are jerks" that doesn't carry a lot of water. I don't think having a curated list of...
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Repeating an invalid definition of compromise to mean that the player gets whatever they want doesn't change anything. Sometimes...
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Have you considered that asking them to create a character that fits the setting is unfair though?
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I can compress all the relevant campaign guide information into a single wiki page, including allowed species etc. You mean like orcs...
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IDK, I have never experienced anything like that nor have I seen many DMs talk about their game worlds like that. I would guess you are...
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Yes, my poor beleaguered players who are laughing, getting excited about rolling crits, happily chatting away. Having tense moments when...
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If you don't like my limits don't join my game. Sometimes there is no compromise.
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Nice. Every once in a while, I get a reminder how pretentious and condescending writers in this community can be.
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