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Flying Toaster replied to the thread Worlds of Design: Only Human.In general I like this newer modular approach to character generation, separating out ancestry, culture, class, background, etc so... -
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Not a fan of this. It stereotypes these cultures and it is weird that every single member of the culture would share these traits. If... -
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That's a major point where I differ from you. I do want "being a PC" to be an exception in my game. I want PCs (along with certain...
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It doesn't seem bad to you and I because it's just fictional dwarves leaving the Dwarf homeland because, say, the Elves devastated it in...
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But I have heard people say that race/species often devolves into a power gaming or cosmetic aspect because the setting has few to no...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General In 2025 FR D&D should PCs any longer be wary of the 'evil' humanoids? with Like.
That isn’t what the article you linked says at all. It says genetics plays a role in a lot of human traits, and probably more of one...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General In 2025 FR D&D should PCs any longer be wary of the 'evil' humanoids? with Like.
One compromise option where you can have humanocentrism without human ascendancy is that the humanocentrism is merely local; the...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General In 2025 FR D&D should PCs any longer be wary of the 'evil' humanoids? with Like.
I think the fatal flaw with a humanocentric world building is the fact that you world has to strictly limit what else is in the world...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Retros_x's post in the thread D&D General In 2025 FR D&D should PCs any longer be wary of the 'evil' humanoids? with Like.
I just think its boring storytelling to have ALL people from one civiliation to be evil. I prefer villains/factions that are enemies of...
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Flying Toaster reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General In 2025 FR D&D should PCs any longer be wary of the 'evil' humanoids? with Like.
Tieflings: Probably not. They're not "common" per se, but they're hardly so rare that people would react with shock and fear...
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Flying Toaster reacted to TigerDude's post in the thread D&D General In 2025 FR D&D should PCs any longer be wary of the 'evil' humanoids? with Like.
I think there's a unifying characteristic of those players, namely one where being labeled because of how they look has never proved...
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Love that Morrissey cover. The blend of genres and times really gives it an otherworldly feel. Yeah, it's one big stew. The wargaming...
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I honestly never understood why Gygax was so adamant in downplaying Tolkien's influence on D&D. The level of influence seemed both very...
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Note that we (and Jon) didn't find out about how much and how directly Chainmail borrowed from an amateur Middle Earth wargame until...
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Jon Peterson's Playing at the World makes it clear Gygax wasn't using Tolkien as a base when he started out, but Tolkien was massively...