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Sure, it is possible. Say you have four base classes: Fighter, Magic-User, Cleric and Rogue. If you were committed to making non-human...
Aug 13, 2025
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I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism
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Species-based subclasses could work if you first universalize the “budget” for subclasses, which they tried but abandoned for 5.5.
Aug 13, 2025
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Hardly. There are loads of 1e and 2e era ladies with significantly less clothing on (and in significantly more provocative poses) than that.
Aug 13, 2025
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Mialee was put on trial for impersonating an elf. Larry Elmore was a character (drawing) witness.
Aug 13, 2025
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They all got hired by Darrington Press.
Aug 13, 2025
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Representing afflictions in D&D 5e - which do you think work best/least dislike.
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My actual favorite is the playtest exhaustion just a blanket -X to all rolls (and dcs) to a max of -10. Simple, affects everyone, easy...
Aug 13, 2025
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Representing afflictions in D&D 5e - which do you think work best/least dislike.
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I’m sure I’m not the only one here who despises Ability Score reduction. As a concept, it’s sound. But in practice, it’s a real PITA...
Aug 13, 2025
jmartkdr2
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I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism
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I broadly agree; but there's at least a spectrum of ways a game's design might support these kinds of distinctions (or not). I don't...
Aug 13, 2025
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I think pointy eared human(or guy made of lava) syndrome is really no issue. If playing up the inhumanity is so important to a player...
Aug 13, 2025
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I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism
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Speaking of which:
Aug 13, 2025
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With a note that this is a d20 design issue. There are other chassis that can handle this much more cleanly.
Aug 13, 2025
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My understanding is that the reason they wanted to streamline tieflings was to give them a common visual identity for miniatures, which...
Aug 13, 2025
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Players Decide when to Level Up
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I have fairly experienced players that I’ve played with for a while. When we had session zero for a sandbox homebrew campaign with a...
Aug 12, 2025
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Very short, but finally happened.
Aug 11, 2025
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The Purple Dragon Knights are tied to an Amethyst Dragon (confirmed)
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