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Flying Toaster reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment? with
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Alignment is something that if you don't have you usually have to invent. It need not be D&D alignment in the classic 3x3 grid, but it... -
Flying Toaster reacted to payn's post in the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment? with Like.
I think folks often look at alignment from a straight jacket perspective. As in, if you have X/Y on the sheet then only X/Y approved...
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Flying Toaster reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment? with Like.
I find alignment useful for a general starting point on personality and viewpoint. For a lot of enemies it's a good starting point or...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment? with Like.
I found moral alignment useful as a guide in portraying a monster or NPC. Just a possible hook to riff off of. So CE 3e orcs were...
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Flying Toaster reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General Why do people like Alignment? with Like.
I think as a shorthand for an NPC’s personality or view of the world, it was a useful tool. It was much less useful and active source of...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
I don't expect it either, and I actually prefer the modern take where mechanics do not straightjacket a character but do provide shaping...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Joerg Baumgartner's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 2 with Like.
In SF role-playing games, fleet encounters serve as a reminder of sovereign or projected power of some faction or authority, usually...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Jeffzilla's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 2 with Like.
I have a difficult time with this premise. It’s difficult to cite specific examples without invoking real-world politics and risking the...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Jeffzilla's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 2 with Like.
This is exactly right. The Expanse RPG is one of my favorite tabletop systems, with all of its Newtonian physics and somewhat...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Vael's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 2 with
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Completely and utterly realistic, based off historical space navies ... -
Flying Toaster reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 2 with Like.
Honestly I don't think we can say anything plausible about what space combat will look like. All the "realistic" scenarios take...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
On Hope vs. Grimdark: In Game of Thrones, trying to do the right right thing and make the world better often, rather than just failing...
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Flying Toaster reacted to humble minion's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
Agreed. Personally I’d view this as a matter for session zero. You have that conversation about what sort of campaign the DM expects to...
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Flying Toaster reacted to pukunui's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
As an aside, I'm curious to know how many people in this thread are unfamiliar with the unique format that Dark Sun adventures came in:
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Flying Toaster reacted to Staffan's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
Note that Dark Sun, as settings go, is really small. This is the approximate size of the original DS box set map superimposed on a map...