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Bravesteel25 reacted to Xethreau's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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I play RPGs partially to escape the homogeneity of RL, so I think that diversity in party composition is desirable. But to make this... -
Bravesteel25 reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
As a minor point of order, I don't think what the OP described is necessarily high fantasy, low fantasy, or any specific level of...
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Bravesteel25 reacted to Sorcerers Apprentice's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I see the appeal of playing an oddball character, but when everybody is odd, nobody is odd.
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Bravesteel25 replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.I think I tried to address that in my OP. If the majority of the group is representative of the population at large in the...
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Bravesteel25 reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
For me the variety of sentient species in D&D (and I include the contents of the monster manual) cannot be taken seriously, so I don’t...
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Bravesteel25 replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.I guess, for me it all comes down to genre expectations and the milleu therein. Science Fiction has a greater ability to explain...
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Bravesteel25 reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
this does however presume a degree of willingness to abandon whatever the existing plot/setup was going to be (or to of not had any in...
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Bravesteel25 replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.I get what you're saying, but I feel like what you said (bolded by me) is a little dismissive of my point of view, a view that might be...
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Bravesteel25 reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
One method I employed years ago when I also wanted a more traditional adventuring party composition . . . . I wrote class and...
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Bravesteel25 reacted to Kannik's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
For me, "circus troupe" is nothing new. I've been playing for 35+ years, and even "back in the day" we had parties that were filled...
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Bravesteel25 reacted to Tonguez's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
you could do what I did and turn them in to an actual Circus! The Grand Circus Maximus would tour the empire putting on shows and...
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Bravesteel25 reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I mean, it depends! If the campaign has a high fantasy, sci-fi or gonzo feel, I'm all for it! Planescape? Numenera? Adventure Time...
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Bravesteel25 replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.I changed the thread title to be a little more illuminating. Sorry! That's certainly not a bad idea. Obviously it's good to lean into...
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Bravesteel25 reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
This is one of the advantages of playing in a game with a DM who takes a more active hand in establishing setting expectations. If they...
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Bravesteel25 reacted to Epic Meepo's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
You ninja'd me by about 30 seconds. I was also thinking this thread was going to be about using a circus troupe as a framing device...