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CreamCloud0 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs with
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Draconians, which are found on Krynn and exist because of the specific physical effects of the inherently alignment-based nature of that... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs with Like.
I genuinely do not know why this is the case either, but unfortunately it was rampant during the "D&D Next" playtest. I had several...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs.in hindsight i should've been more specific about meaning when they were first originally added, (although seemingly the sentiment still...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to jmartkdr2's post in the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs with Like.
In practice they're the fourth most popular race, behind humans, elves, and tieflings. (If half-elves are counted as a separate race...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Differences abound. 1) the significance of the details being ‘filled in’. For example - What the runes mean is a huge detail whereas...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That's work at translation, though. Not conjecture. They're working on the vowels like you say, and then some consonants and trying to...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Even as GM I don't change the fiction on the fly to help the characters. Once the session starts the fiction is fixed. I don't care if...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This obviously is not true. Causality is completely different in these cases. If the character attacks an orc and the orc dies from it...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Fighting the orc is abstracted. It isn't disconnected from the in-universe fiction.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to jmartkdr2's post in the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs with Like.
Draconians and especially kolbolds fill different fantasy niches - kolbolds would be a bad fit for a genneral "dragon-person" race...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Bohandas's post in the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs with Like.
Bender from Futurama
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Garthanos's post in the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs with Like.
Very distinct indeed though they make me think of animated suits of armor like something out of fullmetal alchemist.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to J-H's post in the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs with Like.
My favorite non-traditional species to include is Warforged. There are a lot of different ways to do one, and there are good story...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs with Like.
Yes, absolutely this! Such curated palettes are great for setting the tone of the campaign, and it would be awesome if the official...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But what the mechanics do, is cause the player's conjecture to be right. That is not what happens in the fiction, and that's why there...