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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].If you include Half-Dragon, which is pretty much the same concept only with a different name, they've been around since 2001. Didn't 3e... -
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the game does exist, that's true, but ask yourself, with everything in it, is it coherent? is it consistent? are there themes? or is it... -
Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].OK, let's flip-side this: the DM, already using everything in the book, decides to ADD something to the game that you-as-player don't...
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a world, with a distinct theme, and tone, and vibe. any mood the GM is aiming for, asking what 'curation' is aiming for is like asking...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].Sure. That sort of occasional sci-fi crossover is very much part of the game's tradition. There comes a point, though, where it ceases...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].There's a million possible reasons, all of them valid, eventually ending with "because I felt like it". I should note that IME...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].To which a DM should be well within rights to reply "Great; but sorry, you'll have to find another DM 'cause there ain't no Tortles* in...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].Hold on just a minute there, pardner...you're overstating my position just a bit. I have no antipathy for teamwork where participating...
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Part of growing up means learning that you don't always get what you want and other people are allowed to say "No." If you're willing...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles?.Boils down to the same old thing: if it's consumable rather than permanent, they won't use it. I'm like that as a player as well: I'll...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].That DMs should never limit options? Balderdash. What it should say, right up front and loudly, is something like: While these books...
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Yes, it's completely irrational to demand that DMs be forced to do whatever players want as long as they rules lawyer hard enough. DMs...
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No, it's a completely irrational feeling. If a player insists on going against the theme of a campaign by demanding to play something...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles?.The newer editions' method also takes away the choice on the second day as to whether to carry on when only partially recovered or to...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+].While I fully agree with the bolded, there's still inevitably going to be occasional times when, even though I think I've got the...