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rogues, as i recall how some youtuber or other put it, for all their bonuses with expertise, still have to 'play by the rules' when it...
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I don't think that's actually true in my experience. I mean, we all have our own experiences, right, but in D&D, there's a key and vital...
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This is a very interesting perspective. I don't know if I fully agree, but thank you for sharing it. Interesting that Monks aren't on...
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Well its an improvement over 2014. There's only 4 classes i wouldn't play 1-20. Theses clases are. 1. Barbarian The Barbarian has...
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You know who did a pretty decent catch-all furry species for 5e, actually? Stellarabooks in Kinks and Cantrips. I mean, it’s weirdly...
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I feel like an update of Oriental Adventures is 100% possible if they do three things: 1) Make damn sure it isn't called Oriental...
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Hengeyokai are probably the closest I know of historically, but there's not an official 5e version (likely because it's tethered to...
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Yeah, that seems very likely to me. And even after the first round of feedback saying “why are these celestials? Just give us anthros,”...
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The race I was talking about (Ardlings, I think they were called?) were descended from Guardinals. It was still a confused mess...
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Now I'm imagining an epicurean campaign setting where the origin story of every Humanoid species other than Halfling is "Halfling that...
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Dog people are the original furries - the ancient Greeks called them cynocephaloi (lit. Dog-head) and had a whole mythology about them...
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Level Up has two anthro canid races- the Garoul and the Madrai. https://a5e.tools/rules/garoul https://a5e.tools/rules/madrai The...
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But it hasn't. That's my point. D&D hasn't ever "stuck to" that aesthetic. As I showed at some length, that aesthetic was essentially...
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Nobody is saying torches are bad visuals or don’t belong in D&D settings. We are saying managing a collection of sticks rags and oil...
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