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Deekin reacted to Amphytrion's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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I’m a bit late to this thread, so forgive me if everything said below has already been said by another: It is not just you. Mos Eisley... -
Deekin reacted to W'rkncacnter's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
this is true - dnd has a problem with making humans mechanically very boring, and 5e specifically has a problem with making them kind of...
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Deekin reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
At some level, this goes way back to 1st Edition D&D and Gygax, who really wanted to make sure that the game remained humanocentric...
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You sure are making sure to get the word out with this one. Do you copy/paste all your posts in multiple places?
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Deekin reacted to eclair~'s post in the thread D&D General Species of Eberron: Forge of the Artificer with Like.
1. The unashamed "established lore can go $#%^ itself" attitude. 2. This isn't even the established lore of Eberron dragonmarks and thus...
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Deekin reacted to Henadic Theologian's post in the thread D&D General Species of Eberron: Forge of the Artificer with Like.
So far I noticed that Changelings origin changed from Doppelganger descends to the Feywild which is a retcon for both Eberron...
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Deekin reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
My exception is devils, demons, daemons, infernals etc... By their very being, they're evil and loving it. Chaos forces, lords of...
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Deekin reacted to Scott Christian's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Agreed. Disagree. There are many settings and games, including modern ones, that utilize black-and-white morality effectively. I mean...
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Deekin reacted to Scott Christian's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
This is such an interesting one to me. I have had DMs who are clear and concise and brief. Sometimes they get asked a lot of questions...
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Deekin reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
But metaphorically, if it’s a PC species, it is. “Human” in this context, denotes personhood, not Homo sapiens sapiens.
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Er... You do realize that that was the way things were done...back in the 40s, 50s, and 60s, right? That's not "political correctness"...
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Deekin reacted to Upper_Krust's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Which is where verisimiltude gets thrown out the window. If they choose the path of stupidity to fight the PCs on their own instead of...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Except that it was still high level play. That's part of the problem here. Folks reject certain things as being "not high level play"...
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Deekin reacted to Marc17's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Naw, I see it as keeping the foundation and retrofitting the house above. Ascending AC from 2E is purely cosmetic. So are saves if you...
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Deekin reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
In doing those things, you precipitate having to rewrite: How attacks work, how much damage they do, and how much HP creatures have...