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Mecheon reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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But metaphorically, if it’s a PC species, it is. “Human” in this context, denotes personhood, not Homo sapiens sapiens. -
Mecheon reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Er... You do realize that that was the way things were done...back in the 40s, 50s, and 60s, right? That's not "political correctness"...
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Mecheon reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
So, as a player, putting me on the spot and saying, "You must come as a blank slate, and do all your character creation right now," is a...
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Mecheon reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
More importantly the "political correctness" thing is often used to guise over some...I mean pretty not-great positions? Sapient beings...
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Mecheon reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
It’s not irrelevant. There was no real reason given in the lore of the settings for why demihumans had these limitations. It was simply...
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Mecheon reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting with Like.
When Greyhawk was designed, there was no cavalier or barbarian classes. Thus adding them to Greyhawk required a change of design intent...
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Did you just re-invent the "Ecology of..." articles from Dragon magazine?
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Mecheon reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Can I move to where you live? Pretty please? :p
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Mecheon reacted to Incenjucar's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Humanoids Handbook is 2E, as are Planescape and Dark Sun. D&D's greatest competition was a system full of vampire and werewolf PCs. This...
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Mecheon reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
.... Then what on Earth are you talking about in terms of the problem here? Nobody--and I mean nobody--I've ever played with has had...
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Mecheon reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
So the GM gets absolute control, and the players meekly play along, no objections whatsoever? I'm using harsh language here, but I'm...
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Mecheon reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
This is going to be some armchair psychoanalysis, but I think this is due to a heavy an element of traditionalism stemming from design...
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Mecheon reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Well, consider this: The players are naturally othered from the setting. The don't know anything about the world unless told. They...
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Mecheon reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
That’s because it’s the former that follows from the latter. It’s not that they’re an oddballs because they’re adventurers, it’s that...
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Mecheon reacted to Xethreau's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I think this is it right here. I've been DMing for about 20 years now, and in my experience and observation, most campaign settings are...