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DrunkonDuty reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with
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This is a bit of an aside, One of the coolest PBTA “knowledge” moves is from Freebooters on the Frontier: “Establish When you... -
DrunkonDuty reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with
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I remember everyone at one game wanted to kill Drizzt when he showed up one time. 😂 -
DrunkonDuty reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I think that’s the heart of it right there. If I’ve written a whole page worth of lore for something, the actual bit worth communicating...
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DrunkonDuty reacted to Joerg Baumgartner's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Setting lore matters in numerous ways. Sometimes the "opponent" of or challenge to the players is the nature of the setting. Starting...
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DrunkonDuty reacted to John Dallman's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Most fantasy settings certainly do. There are two homebrewed ones that I find interesting, and they have some common features: They...
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DrunkonDuty reacted to Retros_x's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
In my experience, lore only matters for players, if it becomes relevant to their decision making during playing the game. Anything else...
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DrunkonDuty reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
So, he'd been on the seas, presumably traveling to various places, for 20 years? And this is your counter evidence that people with...
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DrunkonDuty reacted to Incenjucar's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Adventuring comes with all kinds of motives, including protecting your idyllic home life, tourism, curiosity, research, preaching...
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DrunkonDuty reacted to Kurotowa's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
"Military veteran with a specific skill set and a touch of PTSD looking for purpose in peace time" is a major archetype for a reason...
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DrunkonDuty reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
It doesn't help that there's a certain momentum-of-expectations that you have to deal with, and that's immensely stronger with D&D than...
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DrunkonDuty reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Common organizations can help. I like to use big festivals or similar that they all have intersecting reasons for attending. In my...
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DrunkonDuty reacted to saviirkad's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Assuming the best of both parties, or just at the very least that they're not each stereotypical caricatures, I would expect this DM to...
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DrunkonDuty reacted to Azzy's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Brad and Janet 😉
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DrunkonDuty reacted to GobHag's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Considering the thread, that's genuinely a positive to a majority, built for the circus troupe!
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DrunkonDuty reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
So you see the issue as the DM could conceivably approve or deny the use of game components? That can happen with virtually anything. I...