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DammitVictor reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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One guy? What's that like? Me? I've spent years with experiences far closer to @DammitVictor than not. From the player in a high... -
DammitVictor reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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The plural of anecdote is not data. But I will point out a trend that I cannot prove, but tends to be the root of most of these horror... -
DammitVictor replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill.At the risk of sounding like a smug, pompous know-it-all--I don't want to come across that way, but I am one so I can't always help it--...
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DammitVictor reacted to payn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill with Like.
It may seem odd that PF1 remains my favorite fantasy RPG, but yeah 3E pretty much made me hate gold and magic items. Precisely the need...
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DammitVictor reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill with
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I'd like to play in a system where, basically, "level" = "fame". (Which has interesting philosophical implications for whether the... -
DammitVictor reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill with Like.
For our Radiant Citadel campaign, we're just using the starting gear by level guide int he 2024 PHB, with the idea that the PCs are...
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DammitVictor replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.Oh, sure, now you're interested in having a coherent baseline... :geek: Seriously, this isn't some statistical anomaly I'm talking...
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DammitVictor reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Love.
As with everything, the ideal situation is that the player comes with a set of ideas and the GM comes with setting expectations and the...
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DammitVictor reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
i mean i suppose it's like, i don't think that most GMs are flat out not interested in character backstory, but when a player brings a...
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DammitVictor reacted to Bravesteel25's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
To use your example, Drizz't was the odd person out in the party that formed and even he had a grounded reason why he was in the region...
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DammitVictor replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.So do the players who insist on playing a character that doesn't fit with the game's premise. At best, they want to "play D&D" without...
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DammitVictor replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.How on Earth do you think players create characters without defining at least some of those in the process? Especially if they've all...
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DammitVictor replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.When did I do that? I'm a firm believer in Session Zero; my whole character creation paradigm doesn't work without it, because Session...
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DammitVictor replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.My fault; nobody else actually calls it that. Fixed progression. The game would be Gestalt with limitations on multiclasing on top of...
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DammitVictor reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Because it makes it easier to role play interactions with them later on. And there is no reason the PCs can’t know each other before the...