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Doug McCrae reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with
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Well, that explains things for me. I see the core D&D-type aesthetic as adhering to those core rules presented in 1e, 2e, and B/X as you... -
Doug McCrae replied to the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll).I'd recommend reading Three Hearts if you're interested in the sources of D&D, mostly because it's one of the two main inspirations for...
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Doug McCrae replied to the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll).Personally I don't much like Drizzt do'Urden but Raven is one of my favourite fictional characters. The four travellers in The Wonderful...
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Doug McCrae reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
How appealing either is will depend on your familiarity with and attachment to the things being referenced. I know what most of the...
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Doug McCrae replied to the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll).Perhaps a more modern, and self-referential, version would be: D&D is the game where Locke Lamora, Drizzt do'Urden, Samurai Jack, the...
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Doug McCrae reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) What’s the difference between sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards? with Like.
I think the proper term for warlock magic would be witchcraft.
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Doug McCrae reacted to Sepulchrave II's post in the thread In a fantasy world filled with magic and miraculous beings, will the religious concepts of the locals be completely different from the human of Earth? with Like.
Mostly, yes. But a fair number of Greek and Roman philosophers were either atheistic or theomachistic, and it's not hard to envisage a...
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Doug McCrae replied to the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll).That's a great post. Yeah, D&D is the game where Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser team up with Aragorn, Sir Galahad, and Mazirian the...
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Doug McCrae reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
D&D is basically the buffet table of gaming. It's primarily a "fantasy" game, but it can be stretched to include just about any kind of...
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Doug McCrae reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
I didn’t realize those were the entirety of steampunk aesthetic. My bad. Edit: also, from the current DMG. No steampunk aesthetic...
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Doug McCrae reacted to Hriston's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) What’s the difference between sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards? with Like.
Warlock is 8th-level. Sorcerer is 9th-level. And Wizard is 11th-level. :) Serious answer: wizards are Dying Earth wizards. Warlocks are...
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Doug McCrae replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) What’s the difference between sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards?.I completely agree that the X-Men are a major influence on the D&D sorcerer. In the 3.5 PHB's Background section for the sorcerer class...
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Doug McCrae reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) What’s the difference between sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards? with Like.
The X-Men, etc al. People born with strange supernatural abilities gain from their ancestry, whose powers spontaneously manifest...
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Doug McCrae replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) What’s the difference between sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards?.Service magicians provided, or at least purported to provide, spells for healing, divination, love, and protection from witchcraft...
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Doug McCrae reacted to Sepulchrave II's post in the thread In a fantasy world filled with magic and miraculous beings, will the religious concepts of the locals be completely different from the human of Earth? with Like.
A few thoughts, FWIW. I don't think that looking to modern expressions of polytheism (e.g. Hellenism, Asatru, Romuva) is particularly...