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Ggban007 reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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It's the part of the tariffs that nobody wants to talk about. Prices are up, sales are down, and Cost Recovery is the catchphrase in... -
Ggban007 reacted to Scribe's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Sad.
Personal life is one thing, professional? Feels like we are gearing up for another round of layoffs, and people are starting to scramble...
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Ggban007 reacted to Ryujin's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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I see it more as a passive-aggressive way of doubling-down; cf. "I'm sorry you feel that way." I have a specific current example but... -
Ggban007 reacted to Pale Violet Light's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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Oh yeah, well my opinions are backed by NUCLEAR WEAPONS! -
Ggban007 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
They probably should have used the word "defeated".
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Ggban007 reacted to Morrus's post in the thread What makes Arthurian fantasy its own genre, different from more traditional D&D-ish medieval fantasy? What are some Arthurian-style plots? with Like.
It’s lower magic—no fireballs or teleporting, druids rather than wizards. And fewer fantastical monsters (but there are some). It’s...
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Ggban007 reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
The key here os that Coromyr is Greenwood's Arthuriana, based on a pop version of the French chivalry tradition, while the Moonshaes are...
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Ggban007 reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
Oooof that's not great. Very interesting but not great! Especially as the Ottoman Empire... doesn't come from the middle east, it comes...
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Ggban007 reacted to Chaltab's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
Keeping it isn't a hill I care to die on, just like slavery... but it's not like Dark Sun was saying 'Eugenics is good'. It was a...
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Ggban007 reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
I mean, that kind of flowed from the source material: Dark Sun was always a D&D take on Edgar Rice Burrroughs version of Mars (which was...
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Ggban007 reacted to Gradine's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
I mean, they could even replace it with something much more resembling the models of slavery found in the ancient world, you know...
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Ggban007 reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
If they can turn Baldurs Gate into an Ankh-Morpork/Lankhmar vibe I will genuinely be impressed. If they can also handle Calimshan well...
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Ggban007 reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
The intent is that each of the 5 locations offer different "flavors" of fantasy for DMs to set their stories in. The Moonshaes were...
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Ggban007 reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
For Calimshan, they brought in an expert, Dr. Shahreena Shahrani (who has also done work for Paizo recently), to remake it as a viable...
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Ggban007 reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
Well, yes, certainly, as can seen by Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale being far more "zoomed in" than the other three, although all five...