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Flying Toaster reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with
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I'm guessing that when you state "someone else" you mean random people, not publishers right? Plenty of popular RPGs out there with... -
Flying Toaster reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
That person was wrong. And now you are wrong. Theme/premise isn't based on the level of detail. Dark Sun has a tight theme/premise...
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Flying Toaster reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
That's one way of doing it but it's a fairly uncommon one as far as I've seen. Most worlds are not built for a specific campaign or...
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Flying Toaster reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I've used my world for many different campaigns, several different groups. I'm not building it for an individual, I'm building it for...
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Flying Toaster reacted to M_Natas's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Thats not the reality of DMs I've encountered. Half come with complete worlds and settings and adventures. Hell, every published WotC...
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Flying Toaster reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
but not every input is an improvement either
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Flying Toaster reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
And there it is. That's really what this is all about: lack of trust in a DM's ability to create a good campaign setting / pitch /...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Ah I see, this debate is basically revealing two RPG philosophies about who should have authorial control over a campaign setting. On a...
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Flying Toaster reacted to M_Natas's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I don’t think anyone is claiming that rejecting a game is cost-free in every possible social context. Of course it isn’t. Social...
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Flying Toaster reacted to QuentinGeorge's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Why is there this persistent idea that DMs are forcing players to join games? DM builds world, proposes campaign. Puts guidelines up...
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Flying Toaster reacted to QuentinGeorge's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
But you're missing the point of curation, part of the joy of a curated setting is the increased versimilitude from removing thematically...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
This is the internet after all, and extremes and hyperbole are rampant. Yes, obviously if I was running a kitchen-sink fantasy game of...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I think that I'm just incompatible with the stance that "D&D campaigns are instrinsically intended to be kitchen-sink fantasy worlds...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
The plethora of successful 3rd party 5e settings with very custom themes that are not “D&D kitchen sinks” prove that this is not really...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Mort's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Personally, I strongly dislike a PC such as this at the table. 1. While not always, more often than not, they're spotlight hogs. Their...