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CreamCloud0 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with
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Or, to put it another way, the lore of the setting was dictated by the mechanics. The PHB says that elves and dwarves are X and the... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
So, it's your contention that there were dwarven arch mages and elven high priests in the setting, but, they were just never mentioned...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
Oh, I totally agree. I'm not the one arguing that settings are not based in the mechanics that they were designed for. I'm not the one...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
I'm going to say that there was not a single non-human cleric in the ENTIRE WORLD of Ansalon until 5e comes along is something of a...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
Sigh. They didn't have dwarven wizards, elven high clerics or halfling... well just about anything... because they didn't HAVE to ban...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
Oh, hey, you and I have talked enough times on these boards. I totally agree with you. Canon? Couldn't care less. But, it's...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
With regard to class, yes. Racial abilities are shared by the entire race. PCs and NPCs are no different in that regard.
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) A critical analysis of 2024's revised classes.this promises to be an interesting topic.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to AlexofBarbaria's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
Depends what you get XP for. Getting XP for finding gold coins makes no sense as a simulation of skill acquisition. However it enhances...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
Yes. If the "inputs" of the rules include things that exist outside of the fiction, that is they are in the meta about the fiction but...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Because look-and-feel is very important to some people's connection with their game. That's the long and the short of it. This whole...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Necropolitan's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Setting lore matters when the players are interested enough to interact with it or when the campaign involves them interacting with it...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread D&D General Non-Spellcasting Artificer? with Like.
So i had an idea for a rogue subclass that has no spells but can craft and modify magic items, even if they normally require being able...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
Well, the core problem is the DM using the term "realistic" when they really mean "verisimilitudinous". Sim priorities are more...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D General Dragonmarks in other settings.i think i might be the polar opposite here, if i find a thing i like it's usually cool to me independently regardless of the lore, and...