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Flying Toaster reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with
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Who cares there's a fix somewhere when 3/4 of GMs don't know it's there, 3/4 of those who do will refuse to ever even consider using it... -
Flying Toaster reacted to David Howery's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
from what I saw on groups who used the book, it was generally along the lines of 'ignore the new classes, races, comeliness; use the new...
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Flying Toaster reacted to fuindordm's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
When UA came out my group was famished for new 1e content. We were playing with material from Dragon but a new book was special and...
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Flying Toaster reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
Agreed- the resulting Cavadin was a hot mess to run for as well. I tried it once, and did not care for the results. I vastly prefer...
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Flying Toaster reacted to seebs's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
I don't think I ever found all the rules to play by. Like, I did once run into a thing about weapon speed factors, but I didn't really...
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Flying Toaster reacted to fuindordm's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
I'm an advocate of 1e but in the spirit of the thread, here is what might make me less enthusiastic about playing it without any house...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Doug McCrae's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
I'd recommend reading Three Hearts if you're interested in the sources of D&D, mostly because it's one of the two main inspirations for...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Doug McCrae's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
Personally I don't much like Drizzt do'Urden but Raven is one of my favourite fictional characters. The four travellers in The Wonderful...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
How appealing either is will depend on your familiarity with and attachment to the things being referenced. I know what most of the...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Doug McCrae's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
Perhaps a more modern, and self-referential, version would be: D&D is the game where Locke Lamora, Drizzt do'Urden, Samurai Jack, the...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Doug McCrae's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
That's a great post. Yeah, D&D is the game where Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser team up with Aragorn, Sir Galahad, and Mazirian the...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Autumnal's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
Since 2005, D&D has been primarily a mix of Late Classic Maya and Southern Yuan dynasty bolter porn. Everyone knows this and I trust I...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
Lol I literally live in Victoria, BC. Victoriana is our whole sub theme. I teach Victorian literature. You’ll have to try harder...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
To be fair, most folks can’t tell their Victorian from their Edwardian from their turn of the century American, etc. It’s all just...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
Whilst I don't think D&D as whole has become steampunk, and it lacks many significant aspects of the genre (such as prevalent use of...