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CreamCloud0 reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with
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From my time as an AL GM: the diversity of builds pre-Tasha was noticeably greater than post-Tasha. The introduction of new power... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
I'm not sure there is a type to play against if that type has no mechanical back up. It's still a game that supposed to represent things...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
A PC dwarf is not treated as a different order of being as a dwarf NPC in setting, so neither should IMO have capabilities the other...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Staffan's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
I remember making a character in a shortlived Eon campaign who was certain that humans' relative shortlivedness was a gift, not a curse...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to FrozenNorth's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
Just building on this point. Klingons are great at taking punishment, with redundant physiology, and resistance to strong alcohols...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to MGibster's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
There's got to me some axiom stating every conversation about TTRPGs in general will eventually lead to Dungeons & Dragons. I thought...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to BrokenTwin's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
Straight damage per hit isn't the only metric I'm measuring by. The tradeoffs could be the halfling being harder to hit, more mobile, or...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
Whilst I agree they shouldn't be the same, I would strongly disagree that one of them should just flatly do more damage and have better...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to BrokenTwin's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
It's because that's not playing against the system. The personal challenge isn't "can I play a suboptimal halfling barbarian", but "how...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
Oh, and maybe that last part of what I just wrote is getting to the essence of what I'm trying to say. Yes, constraints in the form of...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Fanaelialae's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
I think some of this comes down to RPGs doing a lot of abstraction for ease of play. Some people interpret those abstractions as...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
I didn't say it ought to be an official rule. I've already said I think it shouldn't be. But there are tradeoffs.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
In that case you know that the limit is not imposed by the world, so the act of playing against type loses its salience.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
I mean, I think Tolkien actually kind of thought in a somewhat D&D-ish way (or vice-versa) here because beings who can say lift...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to BrokenTwin's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
Not directly commenting on the biological determinism in RPGs, but in terms of mechanical limits: for a lot of us, working...