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I honestly have no idea what you are on about here. Your definition of "sandbox" is completely orthogonal to the typical definition. You...
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There's also the simple fact that "sandbox" and "linear adventure" are not binaries, even if some people think so. You can have a lot...
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I don’t think most of this is true at all. The difference in especially a properly prepped “blorb” style sandbox is that apart from...
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These are what I would call extreme examples of Linear and Sandbox. In a linear style, no DM "locks in all the details". That would be...
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You do you, but I think it is reasonable to expect that some people will see your "enjoying the conversation" by arguing with the very...
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We use labels to reduce large concepts to single reference points. When you argue about what a label represents, you're essentially...
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funny, you wrote sandbox in there repeatedly, but never rules first... 'In the Sandbox game...' sure sounds like you are explaining a...
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f you don't already know about them, you might want to check out the orcs in Earthdawn. It sounds like they'd be similar to your...
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No, it depends on the birth, and possibly life, circumstances of the goblin. Were they born in, or did they grow up in, the Feywild, or...
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There is no such premise. AFAIK, WotC has never once hinted that a change from a Humanoid type to some other was done for the purpose of...
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Reminds me of Warhammer orcs, who worship Mork and Gork. Mork is cunning but brutal, whereas Gork is completely different, being brutal...
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But goblins ARE fey in most cultural representations of them.
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In other words, there is a Feywild subrace of the Goblins just as the Eladrin are a Feywild subrace of Elf. The Unseelie Goblin.
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Like many mechanical terms in D&D, ("Finesse", "Deity" etc.) "Humanoid" has a specific meaning that is different from the scientific...
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The issue is that D&D has a much much broader customer base than PF2. If Paizo had the D&D IP, all its baggage, and it's customer base...
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