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jmartkdr2 reacted to Tinker Gnome's post in the thread RPG Buzzwords that have effectively lost their meaning due to poor over-use with
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Theory of Games's post in the thread RPG Buzzwords that have effectively lost their meaning due to poor over-use with Like.
Railroad 🙄 Which runs into "player agency" (another spider-web). Which slams into "linear" and "sandbox" (two hornet nests). My two...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to payn's post in the thread RPG Buzzwords that have effectively lost their meaning due to poor over-use with Like.
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That said, dropping 10 Fear to spotlight 5 Spectral Guardians and let each use their Fear move against every PC at the table is a heck...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread TSR Blast from the Past- How to Go Full Monty Haul in AD&D with Like.
I haven't posted an essay in a while, but while I'm slowly working on two (yes yes, one of them is that Tolkien thing, and the other is...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Shades of Eternity's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
So it's avoid cultural stereotypes masquerading as species?
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
I'll add that in a hobby that prides itself on modifying rules to suit particular tables, complaints about things like orcs not being...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Shades of Eternity's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
One of my recurring themes in my gaming material is "the monstrous in everyday life," where creatures that are monsters do relatively...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
Exactly this. Bioessentialism is also what gets us things like stat bonuses or penalties for gender.
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
Bioessentialism isn't wrong where it isn't false to facts. Indeed, where it is true to facts it inherently important. It's a taboo...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General Disparity in PC levels from same party with Like.
We don't see a lot of disparity in levels in 5e these days since we level by milestone in our home games, but in cases where I have seen...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Burnside's post in the thread D&D General Disparity in PC levels from same party with Like.
I think the mixed-level party is an inevitability in 1E. The idea of "balance" as we think about it today wasn't as prevalent in that...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread Daggerheart General Thread [+].Among people who started with 5e, I'd say this is true for a majority.
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread When you play in person, where do you play? (Poll).My only current game is at the gm's house, although since his wife is a player it's technically also at a player's house (but I only...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread Daggerheart General Thread [+].It's in the Core Rulebook, if you can find a copy.