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DrJawaPhD replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Homunculus Servant, Conjure Constructs, Deryan's Helpful Homunculi have class restrictions that make no sense.Picture caption: "DERYAN KAYA SUMONS A HORDE OF CONSTRUCTS TO FIGHT OFF A BLUE DRAGON" Book text: Artificers can cast neither the... -
DrJawaPhD replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.It's not really "at odds" though, you can easily have a highly detailed setting and just not be a stickler for making sure that every PC...
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DrJawaPhD replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.I already responded once to this quote but it got me thinking of some of the far more goofy characters that our table has seen show up...
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DrJawaPhD reacted to Not a Decepticon's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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That does seem to me to be very much a DM's problem with getting the players immerssed in the setting. -
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...
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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 Like.
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...
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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...