Recent content by Bravesteel25

That is exactly it. I encounter that type of stuff all the time as well. I can’t decide if I’m crazy or the people doing it are! 😂 Like was said earlier, I don’t for a minute think anyone is doing it out of malice, but I have certainly had players outright deny they are doing things like that...

I don’t think this is true, I think I and others have made it pretty clear it’s about dissonance with the setting presented not about races different from the traditional norm. I have had settings that are very far from that traditional perspective and players STILL want to buck the trend...

I could be wrong, correct me if I am Victor, but I think he is just using the term fanfic to express his frustration to this board about the extensive character back stories. I don’t think he is saying that to them. Bold emphasis mine. I think it’s apparent that there are DMs/Players that have...

No, it's not free on Demiplane or Roll20, but at least then you aren't double-dipping since you already have it on Demiplane, that's all I meant. Not to derail the thread, but what do you find missing in Roll20 that you find in FGU? I'm not super familiar with FGU. Ah, okay, I see what you...

If you link your Demiplane and Roll20 accounts together then you can bring over stuff from Demiplane. I genuinely don't see the need for a FGU version unless you are really deeply invested in it as a VTT.

I am partially in that camp. I don't think it's so drastic as showing they have no faith in their system, but I think it was a missed opportunity to keep their game in the spotlight. I'm super excited for this book and I hope we see many more Daggerheart things.

To use your example, Drizz't was the odd person out in the party that formed and even he had a grounded reason why he was in the region and a connection to it. Another example might be the Heroes of the Lance from Dragonlance which was a diverse party as well with very exceptional individuals...

Yes, to a degree I agree with what you are saying. However, I don't feel like the characters should be so "othered" that they feel completely disconnected from the setting in play. That seems to occur quite a bit, or at least I have a perception that it does, which leads the DM to shoehorn a...

I'm only speaking for myself, but if I had a world like that, I would most likely not have Half-Orcs on that table, not because they aren't a viable option or that I wouldn't consider a player making one for a game, but more because they would most certainly be the exception rather than the rule...

I'm sure it's a combination of different factors. I think there are some players who have been building a concept and want to use it in whatever next campaign they can get into. I think there are also players that have a theme (either mechanical or fluff wise) that they build around. I think the...

I think some people think I'm waging a war against non-standard options and that's not really what I'm saying. Rather, it is that a DM can create a specific campaign and then the majority of the players want to play something off-the-wall for the sake of being different and non-homogenous with...

I want to be sure I didn't use the term "circus troupe" in some sort of way that was offensive as it was genuinely just the easiest way I could describe my thoughts on it in a succinct way. I want to make it clear that it isn't really about being a human-centric campaign, but rather for the...

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 setting/campaign's area of play then it really doesn't bother me.

I guess, for me it all comes down to genre expectations and the milleu therein. Science Fiction has a greater ability to explain diversity (thousands of inhabited planets in the Third Imperium for instance) while also providing a higher level of believability in why such diversity exists (FTL...

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 held by other players as well, but they are too afraid to rock the boat. Granted, I completely understand that sometimes you have to bend to play in this...