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Laurefindel reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General So how do Half-Elfs feel different to Elfs? with
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There are real cultural folk beliefs about elves. D&D elves are, at best, loosely inspired by those folk beliefs. They are a copy of a... -
Laurefindel reacted to MGibster's post in the thread D&D General So how do Half-Elfs feel different to Elfs? with
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I find myself growing more crabby as I evolve with age.... -
Laurefindel reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Who Should Make The Next Star Wars TTRPG, And What Should It Look Like? with Like.
To me, that's a perfect example of why you need different games. If I'm running a gritty street-level game like Andor, and we meet a...
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Laurefindel reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General So how do Half-Elfs feel different to Elfs? with Like.
Personally, I think a better question to ask is why do we want to depict the mentality of non-human species as significantly different...
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Laurefindel reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General So how do Half-Elfs feel different to Elfs? with Like.
Most stories are written by humans, and accordingly most stories are fundamentally about the human experience. Sometimes we explore that...
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Laurefindel reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General So how do Half-Elfs feel different to Elfs? with Like.
Depends on what you mean by bigger, more ambitious and impactful. Someone with a very long life may decide that taking a century to...
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Laurefindel reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General So how do Half-Elfs feel different to Elfs? with Like.
Depends on what you mean by bigger, more ambitious and impactful. Someone with a very long life may decide that writing an epic poem...
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Laurefindel reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General So how do Half-Elfs feel different to Elfs? with Like.
You're still hung up on your human bias. Elves are not human.
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Laurefindel reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General So how do Half-Elfs feel different to Elfs? with Like.
For a long time, the latter was what I was exposed to. There are no half-dwarves, gnomelings, gelfs, or even elf hybrids beyond...
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I would also like to state that I support any and all adjudication that involves ninjas.
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Laurefindel replied to the thread Who Should Make The Next Star Wars TTRPG, And What Should It Look Like?.There’s that. The Star Wars movies and TV crowd, the Star Wars computer game crowd, and the Star Wars TTRPG crowd are not the same...
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Laurefindel reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Who Should Make The Next Star Wars TTRPG, And What Should It Look Like? with Like.
As has been suggested above, Star Wars fans in general probably not, but there is I think a significantly higher percentage of Star Wars...
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Laurefindel reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Who Should Make The Next Star Wars TTRPG, And What Should It Look Like? with Like.
I wonder why you think that. I have played Star Wars RPGs with a LOT of people (I run Star Wars games at cons a lot) and I can't say...
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Laurefindel reacted to Gradine's post in the thread Who Should Make The Next Star Wars TTRPG, And What Should It Look Like? with Like.
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Laurefindel reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun World Book with Like.
Presumably he's referring to the fact that, for most of history, slavery hasn't been seen as an inherent ethnic trait, but rather...