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Well, if you want do that, then you do not need to have non-human sapients at all. I think the point of non-humans are that they are...
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If it is all cultural, why not have everyone be human?
Aug 8, 2025
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You know honestly I would like attribute variations better if they were simply larger and unsurmountable. A -2 penalty (which...
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Yup. I largely agree, but because of my mode of play nowadays (largely online with half a dozen different games and with new players...
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Since I've written material for convention use, I have a general rule on backstories for convention play: no more than three paragraphs...
Aug 8, 2025
The Firebird
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Hm? The rule in question is the one printed in 5e24.
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They're different enough IMO that they should have different names. At least, 1e/2e, 3e/3.5e, 4e, and 5e/5.5e are to my mind different...
Aug 8, 2025
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To me the obvious answer to that is, "make better rules".
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To be fair, none of that says that PCs are a different order of being from NPCs of the same species that have abilities NPCs can't and...
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My theoretical preference is for the PC and NPC rules to work similarly ar at least very closely so. I however understand that this is...
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So, a troll-necromancer walks by, they manage to raise this thread before being banned, the movie is - unfortunately - on Prime Video, I...
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I have no idea what the RAI is. I’m just saying what I outlined is what I feel is the easiest approach.
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I know what RAI means; I don't what the intention is to be able to decipher the RAI.
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I thought the presumption was that all of the racial information in the 5E PHB was only supposed to describe PCs of each race—who are...
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Had B2 open recently for some other quotes... Page 6: The background information for the players and how they compare to typical...
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