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EthanSental reacted to Scars Unseen's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Here's The Covers of BOTH of November's Forgotten Realms Books with
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On the one hand, sure, there's that. On the other hand, production values can be the thing that pushes a product one way or another if... -
EthanSental reacted to Arnie_Wan_Kenobi's post in the thread Worlds of Design: In the Shadow of Tolkien with Like.
It's funny to me, because I came to D&D largely through Dragonlance originally, and I have realized that I tend to view other settings...
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EthanSental reacted to Arilyn's post in the thread Worlds of Design: In the Shadow of Tolkien with Like.
I read Tolkien well before I started rpgs but I also read a ton of other fantasy. My games were more influenced by other authors, even...
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EthanSental reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Worlds of Design: In the Shadow of Tolkien with Like.
I would assume the amount of people who have LotR as a formative influence on their fantasy roleplay decreases with each generation; I...
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EthanSental reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread Worlds of Design: In the Shadow of Tolkien with Like.
I knew and loved Tolkien first; I was a pretty precocious reader (tracks; I now teach literature). And there was a marked impact on my...
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EthanSental reacted to lewpuls's post in the thread Worlds of Design: In the Shadow of Tolkien with Like.
The answer is likely predicated on if you came to Tolkien before you came to FRPGs. Picture courtesy of Pixabay. I read the Lord of...
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EthanSental reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread Critical Role's The Mighty Nein Reveals First Look, Season 1 to Air on November 19th with Like.
Both series are comedies… Or, at least, feature a lot of comedy, along with action and drama. I mean, they’re adaptations of...
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EthanSental reacted to Retros_x's post in the thread Critical Role's The Mighty Nein Reveals First Look, Season 1 to Air on November 19th with Like.
Really? Feels to me like quite similar in tone to Vox Machina, which has a lot of comedy like that. The original material is from what...
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EthanSental reacted to jayoungr's post in the thread Critical Role's The Mighty Nein Reveals First Look, Season 1 to Air on November 19th with Like.
Yeah, it was modeled on D&D 3.X, which was the "golf bag of magic swords" edition.
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EthanSental reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread Critical Role's The Mighty Nein Reveals First Look, Season 1 to Air on November 19th with Like.
They were also coming from Pathfinder where magic items are seemingly more common than in 5E.
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EthanSental reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread Critical Role's The Mighty Nein Reveals First Look, Season 1 to Air on November 19th with Like.
I’m more excited for this than I was for the Vox Machina series. I don’t have the time to keep up with Critical Role, but I always enjoy...
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EthanSental reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread Critical Role's The Mighty Nein Reveals First Look, Season 1 to Air on November 19th with Like.
Good for them. Critical role isn't my thing, but this is so good for the hobby. Especially the next generation.
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EthanSental replied to the thread Critical Role's The Legend of Vox Machina Renewed for Fifth and Final Season.I see the whispering one and think Paizo and their Whispering Tyrant, another lich in a couple AP, 1 prominent, another kind of involved...
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EthanSental reacted to Weiley31's post in the thread Critical Role's The Legend of Vox Machina Renewed for Fifth and Final Season with Like.
Hmm, looks like I was off. I was assuming that the next season would be the last.
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EthanSental reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Here's The Covers of BOTH of November's Forgotten Realms Books with Like.
your generalization is accurate, I like 2e and 3e though, at least some of it (Elmore, Parkinson, Lockwood the most). I like the ‘oil...