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It was a highly siloed site. Black Twitter and Gay Twitter, for instance, were really supportive and rich communities that were more or...
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Rightly so! That was really my point. A player who chooses "elf" as a heritage in a Tolkienesque world, without using that character...
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I think there is a lot of relying on the tried and true recipes and not trying to step in it when constructing a unique species and it's...
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So to be clear, let's differentiate between, "Innerdude, who has read the Lord of the Rings novels 38 times in his lifetime (this is not...
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Yeah, I may not have given good explanations around the examples I shared. I mentioned race/heritages because for me they represent one...
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Yeah, it pretty much felt like a dumpster fire from jump.
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There's a few that do more odd things (there's more than six after all), but they do at least have the advantage there's standardization...
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Im not entirely sure of the original quote's context? Based on the OP, it seems less interesting setting because of lots of species, and...
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Uhhhh, more like too public restroom stall wall.
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I mean, if you want old school you toss a random encounter at them. 🤷♂️
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Soooo, I thought id make some suggestions for you. Googled "funny ornaments" and none of them were EN world appropriate.
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Right, its nothing like 3E/PF1 days. So, you got a condition well thats -1 to things. 🤷♂️
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Though yeah I get it. If you dont want to be ten foot pole tapping old school survival sim, then its easier to just skill check it and go.
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