taichara's latest activity
-
taichara reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with
Like.
For me, it promotes heroic play because it's a setting where being pragmatic and selfish is incredibly easy and boring. The entire... -
taichara reacted to Mecheon's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
Athas is also the one where they published rules for surfing druids back in the day. TSR watered it down to begin with, Mind Lords of...
-
taichara reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
The current D&D designers, who are on a hot streak, are actually some of the best paid professionals in the history of RPGs. You may not...
-
taichara reacted to occam's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
Except that, as demonstrated by numerous posts in this thread, it clearly did. The Dark Sun mechanical baseline, i.e. the thing that...
-
taichara reacted to Hexmage-EN's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
The discussion about changes to Dark Sun (and D&D settings in general) makes me glad that the media franchises I liked most as a 90's...
-
taichara reacted to Levistus's_Leviathan's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
Grimdark is not an entirely useless genre, but nihilism is entirely anathema to why I love, consume, and create fantasy media. Too many...
-
taichara reacted to Chaltab's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
I'm not familiar with 30K But 40K is openly satircal by GamesWorkshop's own admission! Heck, just look at how Orks work in that setting...
-
taichara reacted to bedir than's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
Spelljammer wasn't destroyed, nor did it invert the expectations of the past setting. Ravenloft is not a joyous, happy filled fun zone...
-
taichara reacted to Gradine's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
Which would be great if we lived in a world where IP wasn't king. But it is. Which means WotC can't actually make a desert-y...
-
taichara reacted to Gradine's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
I mean, I imagine if people weren't so obsessively possessive of their beloved IPs such that these are the only things that make money...
-
taichara reacted to Gradine's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
I really, truly does not, and no, we likely won't agree. But, after having spent the last decade watching this exact attitude absolutely...
-
taichara reacted to Gradine's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
Speaking practically? IP protection and promotion. Otherwise? People want the opportunity to make the world better (and it's not like...
-
taichara reacted to Gradine's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
Because, and I think this point is self-evident, people want it. It's obvious that you don't, and that's absolutely your prerogative...
-
taichara reacted to Chaltab's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
It doesn't have to be a moral choice. The economics of slavery aren't what they're cracked up to be, especially in an ecosystem like...
-
taichara reacted to Von Ether's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with Like.
The answer is the same as it always has been, navies and armies conduct their missions with the technology they have at hand. On that...