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Charlaquin replied to the thread Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer.Ah, so you didn’t read the book. Got it. -
Charlaquin reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer with
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Why do you think Radiant Citadel is badly written? Are the adventures boring? Imbalanced? Simply not fun? -
Charlaquin replied to the thread D&D General + Homebrew Brainstorm to bring back prepared Vancian Casting +.I quite like roll to cast, but I wouldn’t lump it in with individual spell prep Vancian. It’s more akin to 5e-style, because preparing a...
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Charlaquin reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread D&D General So how do Half-Elfs feel different to Elfs? with Like.
There's a reason there are specific words for, say, the mixed descendants of Spanish colonists and native Americans (Mestizo), or Dutch...
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Charlaquin reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread D&D General So how do Half-Elfs feel different to Elfs? with Like.
To deconstrust the traits of all playable species in order to recombine them as individual characters, and then to supply setting...
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Charlaquin reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General So how do Half-Elfs feel different to Elfs? with Like.
I like that. I would prefer to leave the worldbuilding assumptions in the hands of the specific group, not the game as a whole. Mixed...
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Charlaquin replied to the thread Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer.I try not to assume, but as assumptions go that seems like a pretty reasonable one.
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Charlaquin replied to the thread Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer.A lot of new hires recently. I don’t care to speculate about what if anything that might mean, but it is exciting.
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Charlaquin replied to the thread D&D General So how do Half-Elfs feel different to Elfs?.I actually agree with you about all of this. Calling mixed species “half-whatever,” and assuming the other half is always human, as well...
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Charlaquin reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General Are creatures of the Ethereal Plane the Elemental creature type? with Like.
Oh, of course. I personally couldn't care less what tag got put on them (or any monster for that matter). I was coming at my comments...
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Charlaquin reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread D&D General Are creatures of the Ethereal Plane the Elemental creature type? with
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A Wine Weird is technically a "spirit elemental." -
Charlaquin replied to the thread D&D General Are creatures of the Ethereal Plane the Elemental creature type?.I understand your point, but with goblins specifically, them being fey makes sense and aligns with the folklore they’re derived from.
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Charlaquin reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General So how do Half-Elfs feel different to Elfs? with Like.
This brings up something that I want to clarify. When I was talking about half-elven communities upthread, I was speaking more along...
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Charlaquin reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General So how do Half-Elfs feel different to Elfs? with Like.
Yeah, but that's because it's humans playing these races. We cannot truly play them as the alien races that they are. I accept these...
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Charlaquin reacted to Steady Vane's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Tidbit for monster design with Like.
The Grimlock is not a bag of hp - it's an ambush predator from the underdark, with stealth trait and capabilities. Assuming it gets...