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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General Eastern Dragons in 5e.I'm actually somewhat partial to how Pathfinder handled the Draconal Agathions, in some sense the "highest" of their creature type... -
EzekielRaiden reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread D&D (2024) How's the adoption of the new Goliath types going? with
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In my experience people who want to play goliaths play stone or hill, people who want to play genasi play the others. The two most... -
EzekielRaiden reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread D&D (2024) How's the adoption of the new Goliath types going? with Like.
I haven't played one of the new goliath options yet, but the idea leaves me cold for some reason. I'm okay with dragonborn mirroring...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Let's begin with this: suppose that the players did invent every important setting element. How would that set back play? Once we've...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..And of course the everpresent ridiculous extreme people respond with will be "oH sO tHe PlAyErS iNvEnT eVeRyThInG????" with the most...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
To my mind, some setting/lore is story and/or plot. For instance, if the backstory includes one or more PCs being on a particular...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Great example. These rules enable, as has been said above, the emergence of "what it means to be Elven" and "how Elves relate to...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I refer you to my dozens of other posts in this thread, which spell out in great detail the process of play for Burning Wheel... -
EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I literally said there WAS "some potential for DIY". It's just not "some potential for DIY in the foundational core". This is like...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Okay. What is incorrect about the claim? Because this was a lot of words to say "Nuh-uh" without actually responding in any way. From...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Right. Let me give an example: I had a 5e character, way back when 5e was brand new. The game was set in my sister's pre-existing game...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It is not just that. I'm sure you've heard the phrase "limitation breeds creativity". I don't personally think the pithy version is...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I'm curious what your concern with Story Now is. To be clear (though I wish it weren't necessary to say this explicitly), you're...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D 5E Dragon Age lead says Baldur’s Gate 3 and Clair Obscur prove publishers wrong as games can crush market trends is they’re “given time to cook”.On the one hand, I 110% agree with the assertion that corporate game development has an unnecessarily harsh view on perfectly meeting...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D (2024) How balanced would be this feat?.Seems fine to me. I assume the final benefit is primarily for one-handed attackers (e.g. sword-and-board or a Bladesinger type deal)?