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Lanefan reacted to Emerikol's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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The word insistence doesn't strike me as a loose weak thing in the abstract. It comes across as a demand. Yeah I guess I just never... -
Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Thing is, you might see including a new PC-playable species as an incredibly mild request, but I - the one who has to do all the...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Indeed, but "Thiefling" as an alternate name for "Hobbit" works quite well. :)
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Lanefan reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This is the exact reason my world now has sand skiff riding desert pirates!
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Drow would have the same problem in play as would something like a Tiefling: they'd be kill-on-sight for most surface species and nearly...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..If I don't get any player buy-in then clearly I've got it wrong somehow and have to start over. If, however, I get keen buy-in from...
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Lanefan reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't know why I got a flat tire, I just did. I don't know why the gasket on my sink wore out and had to be replaced, it just...
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Lanefan reacted to Emerikol's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think good DMs are rare period. Well, if the DM goes to the trouble of building an extensive and deep campaign, I think we should...
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Lanefan reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
IMO pretty much the only real difference between them is how widely known they are, and given i know pretty much absolutely nothing...
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Lanefan reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
What is the distinguishable difference between the two? Custom a well-known published setting or building a setting from scratch? I...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Depends. If six months work gets you ten-fifteen years of play, it seems a decent tradeoff. Ignoring things like vacation trips, I've...
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Lanefan reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
As a player, I expect the GM to allow or disallow PC races based on their world building. There is no reason they have to allow all...
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Lanefan reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Have you tried to look deeper, to see if there are any attempt at improved coherence? For instance the profilering of player spieces has...
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Lanefan reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
What is the reason for the player to insist on playing dragonborn, that is not similarly a red flag for allowing them into the campaign?
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yep. And while I'm quite OK with that, I'm not OK with the 5e-style frequency of crits, and so I require a confirm roll that takes the...