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The Firebird replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.Yeah, it seems to me a case of concept creep. There are a few areas of bioessentialism that are genuinely issues--primarily orcs, and... -
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Personally, it really feels to me that a species described as being of a size "similar to that of a human child" should have it called... -
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It would also probably help if the character creation rules let you make a Small character with a more realistic Strength size. The...
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The Firebird replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.Agreed
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The Firebird reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with
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The Firebird replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.This is explicitly contradicted by the text of 5e24. In that edition, the commoner statblock is used for bog-standard NPCs, is used for...
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The Firebird reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
Does it say this anywhere in the book? It should. Other games do say explicitly that your character is special.
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The Firebird replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.Is there any text in 5e24 that supports this interpretation? Or 5e14? It seems to me most of the posters here have reference to older...
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The Firebird reacted to trappedslider's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
Haha.
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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.
All I can tell you is I've seen more than one human fighter in my day, and they were all different.
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The Firebird replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.Many AL players have started in just the past few years. They are also the ones who, if you told them about 'halfling rogues' or 'elf...
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The Firebird replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.From my time as an AL GM: the diversity of builds pre-Tasha was noticeably greater than post-Tasha. The introduction of new power...
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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.
They predate the kinds of uses for Charisma you were suggesting. That seems relevant to me.
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The Firebird reacted to MGibster's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with
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I don't think anyone plays dwarfs. They're so 1998. -
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I think it's been this way since 4e. While 3e didn't prevent you from choosing any class that you wanted your character to be or keep...