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I have a curated list of species. It's a preference based on what I want for the look and feel of the world I've created. People know...
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First, I don't see how it's much different than running a game in any other world built by anyone else. Are adventures in my home brew...
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Or it can be both. The two are not mutually exclusive. If that was the case, I guess when people play Adventure Paths they aren't really...
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We have plenty of new ideas, the campaigns frequently go in directions I don't anticipate. They change the world through the actions of...
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Only 200? The Grand History of Eberron alone is like 500 pages all on its own. Page count doesn't matter, the only question of...
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My game goes back to the late 20th century so more than 20 years. Since I store all my details and game logs online I don't know how...
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See the bold. This is my point. It doesn't matter. Neither does the DM reason. I get it, on some meta-level, we feel that there is...
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To be honest I've never really paid much attention to tortles and since I don't use FR as a campaign sourcebook all I have to go by is...
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My compromise was everything a tortle had except for physical appearance. I wouldn't stop them from getting a hat of disguise I...
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As I said Only a tortle will do. Do tortles have any significant culture to speak of? Won't that potentially change from campaign to...
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I tried to compromise. Every aspect of the tortle short of physical appearance. Nobody ever once gave a single counter proposal other...
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unless you are forcing the DM at gunpoint or something similar, I’d say the DM very obviously has the final say. Which is a very a...
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Your post fit category #1 maybe with a smidgen of #3. Did I misrepresent your argument or the inevitable counter? I basically quoted...
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I agree, because wanting to play a tortle and then insisting that getting to play a tortle already is as much of a compromise as you are...
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I think we should just start numbering these arguments. #ArgumentCounter 1 The player comes up with a reason a species that...
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