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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.I think the example you use, comparing the GM to a service provider like a publisher or an author, perhaps explains some of the divide... -
The Firebird reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
Wow.
Beyond that, the point of a "pitch" is to sell folks on a concept. If they do not stick to the concept, one possibility is that they're... -
My 5th grade teacher was forced to apologize to our class and I think got into serious trouble behind the scenes for saying Christopher...
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I’m an American, and my family observes Thanksgiving. For context: We don’t have any illusions about European colonialism- our...
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The Firebird replied to the thread Do you observe Thanksgiving?.It could be. I think its as much generational. My hometown was both rural and not on the bleeding edge of cultural awareness in that...
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The Firebird replied to the thread Do you observe Thanksgiving?.It takes a while for things to change. There is a Buffy episode from 1999 that takes aim at Thanksgiving, albeit in ways that have not...
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Least favorite holiday. The traditional foods are rubbish and you are not encouraged to light fireworks, get dressed up, etc. It only...
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That's too limited a view. I'd like to think that the day of my birth had devastating historical consequences too.
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The Firebird reacted to Kurotowa's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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Sometimes it's uncooperative players who want to do their own thing with no regard for the campaign pitch. Sometimes the DM just has a... -
The Firebird reacted to Chaltab's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
In my experience, worthwhile players are happy to work within my stipulations as a DM and choose ancestries that fit the setting, so if...
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The Firebird reacted to Pamphylian's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Ditching the Treasure Treadmill with Like.
This is something I (aspire to) solve in the opposite way. I want to give treasure more meaning by providing increasingly impactful...
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The Firebird reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
My good faith interpretation is because DMs have a lot more work to do managing the campaign than a player does (the latter just has to...
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The Firebird reacted to Bravesteel25's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
To use your example, Drizz't was the odd person out in the party that formed and even he had a grounded reason why he was in the region...
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The Firebird replied to the thread Time travel doesn't exist because time travel wiped out the timelines where it did.Can't we?
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The Firebird reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread Time travel doesn't exist because time travel wiped out the timelines where it did with Like.
The person who goes back in time and develops Google/Amazon/Tesla/Apple/??? before the people who currently did it.
