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Dire Bare reacted to Kannik's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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For me, "circus troupe" is nothing new. I've been playing for 35+ years, and even "back in the day" we had parties that were filled... -
Dire Bare replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.One method I employed years ago when I also wanted a more traditional adventuring party composition . . . . I wrote class and...
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Dire Bare replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.I haven't really thought of adventuring party composition in this way before, but I think you nailed it! This is the perfect way to...
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Dire Bare replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.Okay, but that doesn't really change any of what I said. You don't care for "eclectic" adventuring parties. Okay, shrug. What do your...
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Dire Bare reacted to Xamnam's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I do think that the title of the thread is more likely to entice people who already agree with your position, and make those who are on...
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Dire Bare replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.Eh. I think a better framing than having a "DM establishing setting expectations" is . . . having a session zero where campaign style...
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Dire Bare replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.This isn't exactly new to 5th Edition. We started to see an increase in race/species types in both BECMI D&D and AD&D 2E back in the...
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Dire Bare reacted to Gradine's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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I was a bit disappointed because I thought this thread would be talking about circus troupes as a framing device for an adventuring... -
Dire Bare reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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I used to feel this way too. If it helps, I justified it to myself by saying, they’re adventurers. They’re already a rare bunch just by... -
Dire Bare replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.It's a play style, or genre within fantasy. Nothing wrong with enjoying such a diverse adventuring party, but nothing wrong with...
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Dire Bare replied to the thread D&D General 5E species with further choices and differences.In the current game, elves are a species that magically evolve to better suit the environmental niche they settle in . . . so sea elves...
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Dire Bare replied to the thread D&D General 5E species with further choices and differences.Love this post, but I'll add . . . IRL, your biology very much DOES have an impact on your personality, intelligence, aptitudes, etc...
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Dire Bare reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General 5E species with further choices and differences with Like.
Less that we can't imagine what it is like, but our imaginations are still framed in what we understand as humans. Take an elf. A...
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Dire Bare reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General 5E species with further choices and differences with Like.
So, this is what I mean... Your focus on "truly alien mind" is, itself, not a peer-journal worthy consideration. You're dropping...
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Dire Bare replied to the thread D&D General 5E species with further choices and differences.I've always seen "wood elf" and "high elf" as cultures, springing from Gygax's Greyhawk campaign (inspired by Tolkien). But since they...