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Flying Toaster reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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As long as they're up front about it when selling the campaign and getting the group's buy-in, I don't see any issue. -
Flying Toaster reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
We're going into a lot of extremes here. There's clearly a middle ground between "fascist control freak DM bans too many character...
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Flying Toaster reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I think a large part of the issue with the 'Mos Eisley Cantina' style of species availability is that most DMs as they are prepping a...
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Flying Toaster reacted to DammitVictor's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Not going to comment on "circus troupe", but I agree with you about preferring a humancentric campaign. As an umpire, I have a strong...
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Flying Toaster reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
Except that it was still high level play. That's part of the problem here. Folks reject certain things as being "not high level play"...
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Flying Toaster reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition with Like.
That's not my experience. Advancement in D&D has a significant arithmetic component. It's always possible to compress or expand the...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Okay, I'd still argue that if the players make a cast of characters that don't fit the DM's vision of a campaign theme, that's a...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Xethreau's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I think this is it right here. I've been DMing for about 20 years now, and in my experience and observation, most campaign settings are...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
And yet, its a common trope both within and without fantasy fiction. How many ensemble groups of characters in movies, TV shows, novels...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
As a minor point of order, I don't think what the OP described is necessarily high fantasy, low fantasy, or any specific level of...
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Flying Toaster reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
This is one of the advantages of playing in a game with a DM who takes a more active hand in establishing setting expectations. If they...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with
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Well, to be honest, you'll get no real argument from me. I've long argued for Halflings and gnomes to be ousted from the PHB in favor... -
Flying Toaster reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
They’ve added extra reasons but let’s be very clear it isn’t genetically impossible. Draconic ancestor is one of the four examples...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
The bolded is flat out wrong as the default for D&D. You can run your game that way, but in D&D cross-breeding is pretty darn common.
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Flying Toaster reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
Probably best not say what is or is not genetically impossible in an imaginary elf game. Stories are filled with shapechanged dragons...