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Kurotowa replied to the thread Critical Role Hires Former Hallmark Channel Executive Alyssa Zeisler to Run Beacon Platform.Huh. Well, I'm not intrinsically opposed to hired from outside the TTRPG sphere. Goodness knows I've posted before about how hard it is... -
Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D General "True Neutral": Bunk or Hogwash.True Neutral is the fantasy version of the realpolitik of a third world nation at the height of the Cold War. As a small player caught...
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Kurotowa reacted to Ralif Redhammer's post in the thread D&D General "True Neutral": Bunk or Hogwash with
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I think true Neutral only works when you take alignment as the cosmic forces of Moorcock and Anderson, not as personality guides. When... -
Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun World Book.Yeah, I'd put it that D&D supports a different flavor of horror. It's a sort that's more of the Conan lineage. One where the horror is...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun World Book.Context matters. It's not that "eating people" is beyond the pale, it's that the stereotype of the "cannibal jungle pygmy" has an...
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Kurotowa reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Exploring Eberron 2024 -- Gnolls and other gnew character options with Like.
That is because this isn't official WotC. This is Keith Baker's 3pp company who made this using DMsGuild and just got it added to Beyond...
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Kurotowa reacted to humble minion's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Exploring Eberron 2024 -- Gnolls and other gnew character options with Like.
I never liked Nimble Escape. It just meant that the most iconic class for a goblin - the rogue - was a massively suboptimal choice...
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Kurotowa reacted to M.T. Black's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule with Like.
“A good place to start” is how I’d describe it. I think it’s notable that all the recent D&D hires have at least a few DMs Guild credits
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Kurotowa reacted to Reynard's post in the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule with Like.
I don't think they consider DMsGuild a ghetto, at least for some creators (not least Baker). I mean, aren't the new membrs of the D&D...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread Dungeons & Dragons Playtests Four New Mystic-Themed Subclasses.Which is why you never trust leaks. Very often they're full of inaccurate or outdated information. I've seen this with video games...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread WotC D&D Beyond Reveals 'Partnered Content' Schedule.How open or not DDB should be is a tricky conversation because the metaphors quickly drift off target. Is being selective "picking...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class.Simplicity can be a virtue, sometimes. The group in my current campaign hit 7th level recently. For most of us, leveling up took less...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class.There's two design problems with a class built around being able to re-select your role based on your daily power choices. One is that...
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Kurotowa reacted to jmartkdr2's post in the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class with Like.
The biggest difference I saw was how each new vestige really changed your role - it wasn’t a spell list, it was a set of at-will...
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Kurotowa replied to the thread D&D General The 3.5 Binder was a really cool class.Blue Mages don't work very well in a D&D context for, ironically, a thing that some people have complained about. Which is that a lot of...