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Fun fact, when 5e came out I got my old group together for a session zero to create characters. My wife was excited to play an "Accident... -
Silam replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun World Book.Throwing a hot take out there… I find that eliminating the half-races / half-breeds / half-species / whatever you want to call it, from...
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I don't think every setting needs to hold every option. A curated list can be very empowering to the imagination. -
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Assuming you are reply to me: in what context? In setting, definitely not. The real world inspiration for "Mul" has little impact on...
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Silam replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun World Book.I think the restrictions were important… the world had no orcs, gnomes and many other race/species for a very specific reason. Look it...
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Yeah, I think the origin of the name owes a lot more to the animal, to signal "hybrid of two different animals that's sexually sterile"...
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Silam reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun World Book with Like.
Presumably he's referring to the fact that, for most of history, slavery hasn't been seen as an inherent ethnic trait, but rather...
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I think the natural parallel here is that they are a sterile offspring of two different species, typically bred in captivity. "Mulatto"...
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Silam replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun World Book.It means that it was not racially-determined (as the American South did it). Rather, all races could be slaves (as the Romans did it).
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Silam reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
The "streamlining of gameplay" is not without cost though. We can say and agree on that bold bit about the average party generally...
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Silam reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
Between this and customizing monsters, I kind of expect one of the follow-up publications to include some of these options and gameplay...
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Silam replied to the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles?.Thanks for taking us down memory lane! This is great stuff. It’s very interesting to see the trajectory of healing rates across...
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Silam reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
My tight knit group of friends trope group drifted apart many years ago under the grind of life (education/career/etc) so the pointless...
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Silam reacted to Marandahir's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
The RAI / RAF / RAW divide in 5E may just be a feature, not a bug. But 2024 Revised 5E definitely tried to be more specific in certain...
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Silam reacted to Marandahir's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
Thank you. I agree with this point. I throw a random interruption every so often. There have been counters like the above where there...
