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I always go by the belief "The DM can make any setting they want with any kind of race, class, or spell restrictions. But the DM...
Dec 22, 2025
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And I will be completely honest as to why I dont have orcs (or halflings) in my campaign. Playing in the 80s, I didnt want anyone to...
Dec 22, 2025
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I haven't had orcs in my world since it was created around '86 or so. No problems with the players at all.
Dec 22, 2025
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You Were Rolling Up a New Character, and Just Rolled a 3. What Is Your Reaction?
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To build on this, I think modern DnD sourcing its saving throws directly from stats is one reason low stats are particularly awful...
Dec 22, 2025
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If there isn't, there 100% should be...or at least an extremely strong suggestion. And IMO the role-playing needs to suggest the bolded.
Dec 22, 2025
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I needed a break from EN World for a while. If I offended anyone before I took that time out, I apologize. To @Morrus I appreciate...
Dec 22, 2025
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Best Christmas films
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I was checking the thread to see the Die Hard answers 😆 Rankin Bass Rudolph is my #1 Christmas nostalgia movie.
Dec 22, 2025
Distracted DM
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To be fair, that question comes up for just about every modification of DnD rules, and the answer is almost always “because we want to...
Dec 22, 2025
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Well, that's the thing, right? If you approached it with that attitude, it was never going to work for you. But if you had buy in from...
Dec 22, 2025
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The AD&D “green books” were evidence of that. Official source books for running D&D in historical Earth settings (eg Age of Heroes’...
Dec 22, 2025
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It doesn't matter. It was mentioned previously that the official setting in question that the particular player i mentioned was trying...
Dec 22, 2025
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But in prior editions you could in fact construct more realistic or low fantasy settings by simply choosing from the best resources and...
Dec 22, 2025
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How did the 5e vs 5.5e thread somehow randomly morph into the "Circus Troupe" thread about Setting Lore?
Dec 22, 2025
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Dec 22, 2025
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Vanity Frankenstein 5E: My homebrew D&D project [+] (Full & Revised ToC now included)
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I don't have time to play, but I'm always happy to page through stuff like this if you're looking for feedback. Or just to let me see...
Dec 22, 2025
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