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FFrozenNorth replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.So, if there are, say, 8 different races, that makes 32 classes. I think that makes it unwieldy by any reasonably objective metric...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with
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This is a little tangential from D&D, but you could have a setup where every PC picks two options at character creation from the list of... -
FI have to admit the one thing I would 100% pay for, for DH, is a big-ass book full of environments, traps, social situations, and so on...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Eric V's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That is not at all what he's doing. @Hussar can correct me if I am wrong, but fwict, if he got a response of "Yeah, it doesn't...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Corinnguard's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
And which only just recently (5.5e) began to talk more about the other two pillars of game play- social interaction and exploration. Not...
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FFrozenNorth replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.Sure, it is possible. Say you have four base classes: Fighter, Magic-User, Cleric and Rogue. If you were committed to making non-human...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
Yea, I don't think the problem is using "species-as-class" as a game construct in and of itself. That works fine, as you simply assume...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You mean the strawman that no one here has claimed? I mean, good grief, the other reaction is far, far stronger. I made the mistake of...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No, I keep trying to prove that the point you are making is inconsistent. Which it is. After all, is your doctor stronger/tougher than...
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FFrozenNorth replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Well, Christopher Nolan’s version certainly departed from the core of the character, which was goofy inventions and Bat-puns. He didn’t...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Well I attempted to provide a non-gamist representation which is what you had asked for. I feel the use of the minion concept is to...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The PCs' statblocks are not absolute. They change as the players change them--in the ways they are permitted to do so. Sometimes those...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
See, but that's the thing. Is that a design goal for simulation? If entities in the game should have a consistent mechanical...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yeah, how someone can read "D&D tries to do too many things to be good at any one of them" as "piss poor" escapes me. I do think its...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
There is no such thing for Fighters. They just do get better at things because the rules say so. You are now inventing post hoc...