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I'm not sure there is a type to play against if that type has no mechanical back up. It's still a game that supposed to represent things...
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Are "halfling rogues, elf wizards, dwarf clerics" and the like even types any more? I run AL games and at least for people who have come...
Aug 7, 2025
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See my reply to @Ruin Explorer above.
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I wasn't referring to race limits, but rather to the idea of stat bonuses tied to race (which long pre-dates sorcerers). Maybe stop...
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I never used Tasha's. Moved to Level Up right after that book came out. It was for me the line-crpssing moment in terms of official product.
Aug 7, 2025
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A PC dwarf is not treated as a different order of being as a dwarf NPC in setting, so neither should IMO have capabilities the other...
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That's the key take-away from your point of view, certainly. But it's also a semi-historical legend from the perspective of the setting...
Aug 7, 2025
The Firebird
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Also yes?
Aug 7, 2025
The Firebird
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Ok? The point was that no one was thinking of dwarf sorcerers when the CHA penalty was introduced. Multiple people said that was...
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Yes?
Aug 7, 2025
The Firebird
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"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...
Aug 7, 2025
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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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I wouldn't pull too much stock in surveys on this site, the numbers are too small.
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What proof do you have that this behavior from "many, many GMs" is "irrefutable"? Personal anecdote?
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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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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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