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DrJawaPhD replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.A few people on an internet forum having a complaint about something that can easily be addressed by simply communicating expectations... -
DrJawaPhD replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.Yeah don't get me wrong, I actually would love to see a "standard 5e setting" that WotC supports with lore and adventure arcs and such...
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DrJawaPhD replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.It's more like the greatest strength is that each table can decide for themselves whether this is ok. That would be perfectly fine at...
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DrJawaPhD replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.Those games all have a tiny fraction of the player base that DnD 5e has. I bet they would all love it if DnD abandoned one of it's...
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DrJawaPhD reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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No, it’s its strength. D&D is a generic fantasy roleplaying ruleset not tied to any specific setting, and built on the principle that... -
DrJawaPhD replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.Since when has any internet forum ever strove for consensus? Closest thing to a consensus you're ever going to see is everyone agreeing...
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DrJawaPhD reacted to bloodtide's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Except where there is cross over. The player can not expect to force lore on the DM, any more then the DM can force lore on the...
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DrJawaPhD replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.Well I suppose the "tailorability" of the rules in DnD is more of a culture/expectation thing and not that the rules are particularly...
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DrJawaPhD replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.Tailorability of the setting (and even the rules) is one of the major strengths of DnD design and why it remains the most popular TTRPG...
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DrJawaPhD replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.I'd love to see more proper setting books but I don't think it would solve much here since most DMs are going to homebrew their own...
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DrJawaPhD replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) [Eberron, 5th Edition] A comparison of the 2020 Tasha's Artificer to the 2025 Forge of the Artificer.Technically anyone can craft it at 1st level with 200 gold and 10 days of downtime, as long as they have Tinker Tool proficiency...
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DrJawaPhD replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) [Eberron, 5th Edition] A comparison of the 2020 Tasha's Artificer to the 2025 Forge of the Artificer.I'd definitely agree that's the aesthetic style of the pictures in the book. As far as the abilities themselves, if I were reading...
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DrJawaPhD replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Preferences in a New Official 5.5e Specific Setting.Heroic Fantasy vs Epic Fantasy vs Mythic Fantasy vs Bright Fantasy - ok someone help me out with some definitions here
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DrJawaPhD replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) [Eberron, 5th Edition] A comparison of the 2020 Tasha's Artificer to the 2025 Forge of the Artificer.The first bullet is a very subjective question, it depends heavily on what you think the Artificer "class fantasy" is. If your...
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DrJawaPhD reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I guess that depends on how you organise your “session zero”. These days ours takes the form of a WhatsApp discussion over several...