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The Firebird replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.Ok? The point was that no one was thinking of dwarf sorcerers when the CHA penalty was introduced. Multiple people said that was... -
The Firebird replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.Yes?
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The Firebird replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism."These ideas" from Micah refers to to the CHA penalty, as I read it. Dwarves had that back in AD&D 1e. At that point the Dwarf Sorcerer...
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The Firebird reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
What proof do you have that this behavior from "many, many GMs" is "irrefutable"? Personal anecdote?
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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You're welcome to have that opinion. But you claiming something is irrefutable doesn't prevent me from refuting it (or at least...
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The Firebird reacted to MichaelSomething's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If you're not willing to TPK your party to maintain impartialness, then you really weren't impartial in the first place. That's not a...
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The Firebird reacted to Jfdlsjfd's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
I laughed out loud :-)
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The Firebird reacted to MGibster's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
There's got to me some axiom stating every conversation about TTRPGs in general will eventually lead to Dungeons & Dragons. I thought...
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The Firebird reacted to BrokenTwin's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
It's because that's not playing against the system. The personal challenge isn't "can I play a suboptimal halfling barbarian", but "how...
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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
Dwarf sorcerers weren't a thing when these ideas were developed.
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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
The Bullroarer story may very well be apocryphal in-setting. And part of the evidence for his prodigious physicality was Bullroarer's...
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The Firebird reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
I still grimace when I remember the two players who, after being told that our next campaign was going to be Ravenloft-style gothic...
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The Firebird replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.The fact that some differences exist does not imply adding more differences is not an issue.
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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
That implies that PCs are special and should be treated differently in the rules from other members of their species; in effect,it is a...