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Pvt. Winslow reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with
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If you knew ahead of time, would you have played in my all human campaign, where the goal was to highlight the class and things you... -
Pvt. Winslow reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
There is no universal "D&D social contract" that anyone is beholden to. A social contract is formed by the people at the table actually...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
If people can only enjoy a game if there plenty of options to pick from, that's certainly their prerogative. We like what we like, and...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to Scribe's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
No its still the ideal. Just because its easy (and it very obviously is) to add to it, does not mean that its foundation is not the...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to Scribe's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Behold, the platonic ideal. 6 Ancestry options, 4 Classes. Even with your hypothetical restrictions? Plenty. Thousands of...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
So, here is the thing about this discourse that I find weird: in big literary Fantasy hits of recent years, they tend to be more...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to Scribe's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
No, I was going off your example of 1 for 1. For any removal, you personally require an addition. Again, why is 10 somehow the...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to Scribe's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Sure, but you painted one view, simply for dropping down 1 species option, as limited and without vision. Its not though, and you still...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Indeed. The 2014 iteration of the D&D 5E PHB has less than ten races and twelve classes (i.e. only nine races), yet I doubt that anyone...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I think you are taking that to an extreme. Having different rules doesn't necessarily mean lots of things being restricted or cut (or...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
It's good to know what your own requirements are so no one's time is wasted: not everyone is going to be a fit for every table. TTRPGs...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I agree with most of your post except this bit: I think the beauty of a narrow setting can be that it strongly pushes a game you're...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to Xenolith234's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
DMing now is an act of creativity, collaboration, and although some do it for pay, most don’t. I don’t give up hours and hours of my...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to Xenolith234's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Unfortunately the opposite has become true, going off of one of the previous comments in this thread. Players bludgeon DMs into...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Entitlement much? PCs always had cool powers and abilities built into the base classes/kits//PrCs/etc. I was talking about how the old...