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Micah Sweet reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with
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That is basically the origin of alignment in 1974 OD&D. You get a list of creature types under each alignment (Law, Neutrality, Chaos)... -
Micah Sweet replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.Understood. Whole different story if you're supporting yourself off it. I've had many jobs which made me unhappy to some degree.
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Micah Sweet reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
Yup. I largely agree, but because of my mode of play nowadays (largely online with half a dozen different games and with new players...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.I have no doubt Hasbro can; they can pretty much get away with practically anything without it substantially affecting their profits...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.IMO those are not better rules.
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Guidelines and advice literally prevent you from having to make up the role on the spot. Besides, traditional games give the GM control...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But strangely, you don't like having rules telling you how to GM. There you want guidelines--meaning you have to make up the GM role on...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.They're different enough IMO that they should have different names. At least, 1e/2e, 3e/3.5e, 4e, and 5e/5.5e are to my mind different...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
My theoretical preference is for the PC and NPC rules to work similarly ar at least very closely so. I however understand that this is...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.To me the obvious answer to that is, "make better rules".
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Micah Sweet reacted to aramis erak's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
I agree. Persistence hunting, as done by the San and !kung, isn't all that tiring to do. It requires skill with bow or spear, and the...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
I thought the presumption was that all of the racial information in the 5E PHB was only supposed to describe PCs of each race—who are...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.To be fair, none of that says that PCs are a different order of being from NPCs of the same species that have abilities NPCs can't and...
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Micah Sweet reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
The material is very brief. I don't think having to look in an old PHB for the information is a good solution. If anything it reinforces...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.Yes, and to be honest it makes me a little sad. Different editions all called D&D simply shouldn't IMO be completely different games.