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Emerikol replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Very much so and I am fine with settling on these definitions. I don't think a lot of people though think that is the definition. For... -
Emerikol replied to the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs.Dwarves are probably the only race besides human that have appeared in every campaign I've ran. They are incredibly popular in my...
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Emerikol reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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The way I handle it is to give the players a list of 3 or 4 options and tell them to choose one or add one of their own. Sometimes... -
Emerikol replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This community is a tiny sliver of highly devoted fans. I am not sure I'd draw any conclusions from it one way or the other. And many...
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Emerikol replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It's probably a senseless pedantic misunderstanding. If I were an archeologist and I found some ancient lost text and translated it I...
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Emerikol replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I think you are reading too much into it. The player would be stopped right off if he said he wanted a forest in the middle of a...
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Emerikol replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Maybe someone should tell us what the difference between a linear campaign and a railroad campaign is? Other than a name change I don't...
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Emerikol replied to the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs.For my groups, if it was in the PHB and I didn't want it I definitely had to tell them I was not allowing it. The rest of the books...
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Emerikol replied to the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?.I think it is playstyle more than rules. Gary's game was brutal and required player skill to survive. You actually got "good" at the...
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Emerikol reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with
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Yes! Forty years ago, losing a beloved magic item to a rust monster was hilarious fun for the whole table. Today I half expect people... -
I agree with this - I don't like love level drain myself, though it's easier if HP are rerolled at the start of each session ... but...
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Emerikol replied to the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?.Perhaps they were common in many games but most of us old school DMs didn't put them in every adventure. In fact I'd venture some...
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Emerikol replied to the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs.This seems a matter of taste. I think the debate I suppose is what is in the PHB and thus considered default without DM approval. I...
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Emerikol replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Well for me it is negative but I assumed some people like it. So it was "neutral" in the broader world but it was a negative to me. I...
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Emerikol replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yes. Creativity and immersion can be enhanced by limits. And since it is a voluntary pursuit, no one is forced to do anything. It is...
