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jmartkdr2 reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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I try to have a few character ideas in mind when I get to play. I keep at least one of them generic (meaning, PHB only) but I will... -
jmartkdr2 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
It occurs to me, you could potentially get proper dragonborn (rather than draconians) by having a group of rebel draconians get their...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread D&D General D&D memes thread discussion….Remind me of a story of Rumiko Takahashi getting asked "what if Ranma (a character who changes sex when splashed with water) gets...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Scientists have recently discovered a new question that was previously hypothetical: What makes setting lore "actually antimatter" to...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Which really kind of flips the "humans in funny hats" criticism on its head. Maybe most people are perfectly happy with funny hats, and...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Absolutely this. Too often GMs, or adventure authors, indulge their desire to craft a whole backstory for their world, and expect the...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to DrunkonDuty's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I came into this thread expecting more conversation about making a setting that matters to the people playing the game. And so that's...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to GobHag's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Aesthetics matter yes(And of course mechanical options).
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jmartkdr2 reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Lore matters to players when it matters to their characters. Lore matters to the characters when it has an immediate and direct impact...
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jmartkdr2 replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.One thing about multiple species: Even though ttrpgs are (primarily) a non-visual medium, players often care what their character looks...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
The thread title drew me in but I wasn't expecting the OP to focus so closely on species-based lore and differences. On that front I...
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I think it's important. But I also think some people on the internet treat it as being more important than it actually is. IMNSHO...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Benjamin Olson's post in the thread D&D General Improving Ritual Caster and Pact of The Tome? with Like.
I think the original sin of 5e ritual spellcasting, and feats and abilities that grant it, is that there just aren't that many ritual...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to mellored's post in the thread D&D General Improving Ritual Caster and Pact of The Tome? with Like.
Ritual caster should be higher than level 1. Like, spell level equal to your proficiency bonus. Tome seems plenty good to me, assuming...
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jmartkdr2 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
But, in the real world, that's not even remotely true. It's not like Captain Cook was an orphan. Magellan was a noble. To be fair...