Recent content by Hussar

So, because you have no known biological relatives, it is impossible for everyone to have them? e

And I said exactly that. Making stuff up is not really a problem. I am capable. Thanks. But, the point is, the background that is made up is 100% generic because you can't actually have any history in that place without rewriting that place, and I'm not the DM. It's not like I can...

If you think it takes air travel to travel the world in less than months, well, I don't really know what to say. But, again, being able to be from "parts unknown" is perfectly fine. No problems. But, that should not be the ONLY option for a PHB PC. Those people in Surrey have families and...

You're STILL missing the point. Yes, being a fish out of water character is perfectly viable. Having a character from parts unknown is perfectly fine. It should not be the default for a PHB option. It should not be the ONLY option for a PHB option. Again, name a dragonborn community in the...

I imagine that you weren't born several months travel from London. I could be wrong, but, just guessing here.

Yeah, I've tried that. And then every player comes forward and wants to play a "secret" elf or a Tiefling. The second I try to put any limitations, that's EXACTLY what people want to play. Next campaign, I'm banning fighters just to see what the players do. :D

Let's see if I can use some personal anecdotes to get my point across better. Some time ago, I was a player in a Hoard of the Dragon Queen campaign. So, I made a dragonborn character, thinking that, well, in that campaign, that would make quite a lot of sense. So, I did my due diligence as a...

I assume that those two are from Rime of the Frostmaiden? I really need to pick that up sometime. It looks like it does cover some of the missing bits. Although, that does make it somewhat tricky for my Goliath to be in Baldur's Gate. And it does rather nicely dovetail with my point that if...

And, as far as this being new, I remember minotaur characters, ogre characters, and various other weirdness from way back in the day. Heck, even as a player in 1ed, I remember commenting that my character was typically the only human in the group of elves, dwarves, and a couple of other oddball...

At the end of the day, this is pretty much what you have to do. I used to bemoan the "circus troupe" group. It annoyed the crap out of me. Now? I just shrug. The player simply do not care about your setting. Full stop. They will never, ever care enough about "setting" to stop trying to...

Of course it is. Why would you think that I am arguing any differently? I really get the feeling that people are talking completely at cross purposes. My point is that despite a decade of being one of the most popular player options in D&D, we still have zero background for either Tieflings...

Thus my confusion. He's not referencing anything I'm actually talking about and his concerns have nothing to do with the conversation at hand. 🤷 As far as dragonborn in Candlekeep, again, it's so frustrating talking about this stuff with people who obviously have never actually run these...

I'm sorry. I honestly have no idea how to parse this. This is in now way actually related to anything I said. I really have no idea what you are trying to say here. I'm saying that every D&D setting is based on the PHB. When you look at communities where the PC's are likely to either...

And yet, every single D&D setting does EXACTLY that. Oh, look, Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, on and on... we have a majority of humans, then elves, then dwarves, then halfings and gnomes. Gee, almost directly pulled from the PHB. Yup, you have the odd "monstrous" states like Pomarj...

That's largely been my experience too. Funnily enough, that is exactly the same pace regardless of edition. Level 1 and 2 might be a bit quicker but, after that, yup, 6 sessions to a level has been my experience.