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tetrasodium reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with
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So what does compromise look like? My attempt was fairly straightforward. Get the cultural feel and mannerisms of a tortle, the... -
tetrasodium reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
that was tried a few times and the answer was ‘to play a tortle’, at which point there is no compromise possible and the player is out...
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tetrasodium reacted to QuentinGeorge's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Honestly that seems like a bizarre take. Is that an issue when you play in something like Call of Cthulu set on 1920s earth. Is it...
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tetrasodium reacted to DinoInDisguise's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I disagree. I see the same false compromises on both sides. In your example of the dragonborn. We have three options, "No, play...
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tetrasodium reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
These questions seem to imply that @AlViking should be curating his game to appeal to the widest possible fraction of the BG3...
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tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.Thsts not what is being said by the folks saying the player must adapt their PC to fit the setting or campaign though. Player implies...
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tetrasodium reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
If by that you mean "It's not compromise if the player chooses a species the DM said was not allowed and the DM has no say in it" I agree.
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tetrasodium reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I don't want to add additional species to my world. I don't need any more justification, especially when it boils down to people want...
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tetrasodium reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
People can assume whatever they want. If I have an opening at my table or I'm starting up a new group I'll have them read over the page...
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tetrasodium reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
You don't seem to understand the meaning of compromise when it means "The player gets whatever they want and ignores the DM." I gave an...
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tetrasodium reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
You're assuming the multiverse exists. As far as I'm concerned it doesn't. LOL ... I don't play the game exactly like you do, have...
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tetrasodium reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I wasn't thinking of things like history or the cultural structures they grew up with. In their culture eating chicken could be...
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tetrasodium replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.Id add an exception for explaining common cultural/national knowledge because it comes up fairly often in my eberron games where I'll...
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tetrasodium reacted to DinoInDisguise's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
But what if they say yes to a different race and no to only specifically Tortles? What if they say yes to Tortles by no to another race...
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tetrasodium reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
If I allow a turtle I have no reason to deny any other species. But this is just more of the same. Compromise means giving players...