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honestly the idea of your species working as an entire second progression parallel to your class does appeal, like a gestalt build where...

After hearing how well Baldur's Gate 3 sold, I was curious to know what the overall sales are for all the games. I quickly came to...

Imo species-as-class gets pretty close to what I want out of species that feel distinctly different while maintaining some degree of...

i think you're taking the metaphor just a touch too literal, you're not going to be putting a bunny in with a rottweiler, but these are...

i've long pointed out in conversations such like this that people need to stop thinking of the differences between a human, an elf and a...

This reminds me of a debate I once had several years ago with someone about the tactical options that PCs use when assaulting a dungeon...

I feel the same way to the point where I really don't care what species the players choose for their characters. I don't even bother...

The entire presumption that "if you portray something evil in your work of creative fiction, and don't issue a disclaimer about how you...

I suppose I always got the black comedy/satire of the setting throughout my active play era, so I never saw what they were presenting as...

Which is the key difference, in your mind? If the DM ran a skill challenge but didn't tell them the mechanics, would that also reduce DM...

I don't think anyone is claiming real causality. The same holds for player action -- your declaration of attacking an orc does not cause...

Suppose the GM makes a ruling that clearly violates causality. What happens to the game? Ime it falls apart because the GM can no longer...

Why try to make it personal?

There is no causality in fiction. There is only the fiction of causality, which - of course - can be anything the author chooses which...

https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1331.html Nice reference from Thog.