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Mecheon reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with
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Solarpunk is probably the most genuinely punk of the punkpunks since cyberpunk. Punk doesn’t mean pessimistic, it means... -
Mecheon reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
D&D has never been "medieval fantasy", so it can scarcely "no longer apply", I would argue. I mean, what setting is that true in...
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Mecheon reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
Not all speculative fiction involving anachronistic technologies in historical periods is steampunk. Steampunk pretty specifically...
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Mecheon replied to the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun.Also I do think its worth noting that a lot of the races that even the 4E stuff says don't exist in Athas? They..,.. Kind of exist in...
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Mecheon reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General In 2025 FR D&D should PCs any longer be wary of the 'evil' humanoids? with Like.
Orcs have always been people. Tolkien's orcs are people (rather nasty people, but still,*) Warhammer orks are people. And I'm fine with...
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Mecheon reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General In 2025 FR D&D should PCs any longer be wary of the 'evil' humanoids? with Like.
But they are people. Saying that people are not people has very ugly history. Making a fantasy where it is "true" is disturbing.
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Mecheon reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General In 2025 FR D&D should PCs any longer be wary of the 'evil' humanoids? with Like.
Here's the thing. Having a world where people are treated like smallpox is messed up. You can come up with any fantasy justification for...
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Mecheon reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread D&D General In 2025 FR D&D should PCs any longer be wary of the 'evil' humanoids? with Like.
Mod Note: And Your article doesn’t support your claims. The closest to your assertion I can find in it are multiple studies...
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Mecheon reacted to Kurotowa's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
That's the safe bet. These LLMs are highly advanced Mad Libs that have zero ability to reason or understand the material. So maybe it...
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Mecheon replied to the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun.Still canon, though If they do anything they'll probably follow 4E's path. Tyr's had its sorcerer king killed so you've got one city as...
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Mecheon replied to the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun.Athas is also the one where they published rules for surfing druids back in the day. TSR watered it down to begin with, Mind Lords of...
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Mecheon reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
No. Radiant Citadel isn't hopepunk. I put the definitions in earlier in this thread. People can call it that, but's not. It just...
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Mecheon reacted to Levistus's_Leviathan's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
Grimdark is not an entirely useless genre, but nihilism is entirely anathema to why I love, consume, and create fantasy media. Too many...
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Mecheon reacted to Chaltab's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
Name one non-parodic grimdark that doesn't suck.
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Mecheon reacted to Chaltab's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
The problem is that Dark Sun was never really a humor setting, so a grimdark Dark Sun doesn't work. Grimdark only works as a parody.