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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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Well, and the guys who work making toys for Santa Claus at the north pole. Thumbelina was more seen as a sprite or pixie, I think...
Jul 26, 2025
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I like to think that but I can't help thinking now that I'm just in a version of The Truman Show being run by pixies thanks to @Maggan.
Jul 26, 2025
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Whereas to me it is perfectly clear that intelligent species of the setting are on of its most defining features, and the idea that you...
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Once again it depends on what you mean. Do you mean the the world and the inhabitants other than the characters and some things the...
Jul 26, 2025
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Thing is, I too could start a sandbox game in well under six months. Well under six days, if it came to that; likely even under six...
Jul 26, 2025
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To see it that way would require the players somehow being unable to affect the direction of the game via the actions of their...
Jul 26, 2025
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No. What's surprising is just how much complaining there is about GM-led games, and GMs in general.
Jul 26, 2025
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Was introduced to Tolkein first, then D&D not long after, by the same people in college. I'll always want some Tolkein in my D&D; the...
Jul 26, 2025
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That's very insightful. For my part, I see the setting as possessing a far larger portion of "game" than any PC, or even all PCs put...
Jul 25, 2025
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I tend to align with 1. Not much more to add, just thought it was interesting and worth mentioning.
Jul 25, 2025
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I think this puts word to a central concept I have been circling around myself. To what extent is the character the game? I now...
Jul 25, 2025
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Quick solution is to require training to level up. That goes a long way to making similar progressions within each class more...
Jul 25, 2025
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To me it is far more verisimilitudious that way. D&D classes are weirdly specific packages of capabilities. To me that makes more sense...
Jul 25, 2025
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In my view, the setting existed before the PC did, just like the world exists before we do, and both ourselves and the PC are "born"...
Jul 25, 2025
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Exact opposite for me. Now there of course can be many enclaves of elves and couple of different wizard orders etc, but I ultimately...
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