Dire Bare's latest activity
-
Dire Bare reacted to bedir than's post in the thread Critical Role Professor DM interviews Critical Role Cast with
Like.
They're running multiple shows with Daggerheart, including some with their season 1 and 2 characters That guy, while working for... -
Dire Bare reacted to Waller's post in the thread ToV Other than "It's not made by WotC", what's the elevator pitch for Tales of the Valiant? with Like.
If you have D&D 2014, the pitch pretty much is just “D&D but not by WotC”. 2024 and A5E iterate on 2024 (in very different ways) and...
-
Dire Bare reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread Critical Role Professor DM interviews Critical Role Cast with Like.
I did not say 'failure'. That is you using that term. I said that every other fantasy RPG based off of D&D was a 'fantasy...
-
Dire Bare reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Critical Role Professor DM interviews Critical Role Cast with Like.
It's funny, but CR sticking with D&D actually made me somewhat more interested in Daggerheart: emphasized the positive-sum approach CR...
-
Dire Bare reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread Critical Role Professor DM interviews Critical Role Cast with Like.
Especially since it was produced by a team whose brand identity was defined, by themselves, as D&D players. DH displacing D&D did not...
-
Dire Bare reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread Critical Role Professor DM interviews Critical Role Cast with Like.
It was always a "fantasy heartbreaker". It was never not one. Because every fantasy RPG that comes about and is designed purely in...
-
Dire Bare reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands Review with Like.
Reading is a very different ability to comprehension and critical thinking. I’m dyslexic as well as a teacher, so I know a lot about...
-
Dire Bare reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands Review with Like.
Sounds like getting very close to gatekeeping: your reading age must be this high before you are allowed to play this game. And...
-
Dire Bare reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands Review with Like.
100% this. Also a teacher, and we know now that every single person is unique in their learning process. Unfortunately, education has...
-
Dire Bare reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands Review with Like.
It is very easy to get into a funk of "if it doesn't fit my needs exactly, it's not worth it for anyone" - I've done it myself on more...
-
Dire Bare replied to the thread Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands Review.What you are asking, that we shouldn't lessen the reading/thinking skills necessary to play D&D, is NOT gatekeeping, IMO. These are the...
-
Dire Bare reacted to MonsterEnvy's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes on the Borderlands Review with Like.
This argument is getting a bit silly and hyperbolic. The adventure has a pretty good amount of reading. It leaves some things vague...
-
Dire Bare replied to the thread Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 3 Viewing (Spoilers).Not so much "in-universe" but metaphorically. In universe, they gave the same wishy-washy explanation as above, that since the serum is...
-
That's how you get a million dollar Kickstarter. I think there have been maybe two ever who managed to hit a million dollars without all...
-
Yes, but for us it's about holding up future products. When you have 3 more projects in the pipeline and you're still trying to fulfil...