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DammitVictor replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.The fact that you think your character needs to have an extensive backstory that doesn't involve the other PCs to be interesting is the... -
DammitVictor replied to the thread Are You A GM?.I'm usually the umpire and I usually prefer to be, but I get to sit on the other side of the screen sometimes. I spend a lot more time...
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DammitVictor replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.Another reason I don't allow "backstories" in my games-- you create your character at the table, and your character's story is what...
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DammitVictor replied to the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+].Yeah. Probably never going to be my cup of tea, but I'm reacquiring the books. I'm starting to consider my perpetual "work in progress"...
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DammitVictor replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.It seems that people who don't understand your problem from your end are taking offensive because your phrasing implies that you don't...
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DammitVictor reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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I don't like that your argument is ultimately about the motivations of the players, and in a distinctly disparaging way ("crown of... -
DammitVictor reacted to Mind of tempest's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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this topic re appears often so I must ask? if say the players want to play centares rather than dwarves and spirits rather than elves... -
DammitVictor reacted to Xethreau's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Oh yeah. I also banned wizard and cleric and have never been happier!
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DammitVictor reacted to Voadam's post in the thread TSR On the Relative Merits of the TSR Editions with Like.
My preferred playstyle is fairly shaped by Moldvay B/X Basic which I mostly learned D&D from to start. As a DM lots of making rulings on...
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DammitVictor replied to the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+].It occurs to me that many fantasy RPGs (including some D&D offshoots) have a system wherein, instead of having a bunch of separate...
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DammitVictor reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+] with Love.
That sounds like reflavoring. I know this is a good solution for many people, but I have never been in favor of it. For me, if you are...
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DammitVictor reacted to Sulicius's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
In my most recent campaign, I limited player options and wrote some species specific lore for each in a campaign handout. It has worked...
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DammitVictor reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Verisimilitude… reduces immersion…? That’s a first. I don’t agree that an adventuring party full of outlandish characters within an...
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DammitVictor reacted to Angus MacDeth's post in the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+] with Like.
Fair enough... Since this is a [+] thread, I won't comment further on that score. I like your idea of a hybrid approach, wherein...
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DammitVictor replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.Try it in 3.PF, where you can also ban the core classes.