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The Firebird reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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If you don't think what the game does here matters as much to many people as what the world avowedly says should happen, I'm afraid I... -
The Firebird reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Of course the usual problem regarding that concept in D&D is the resistance to starting characters above first level. You can...
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The Firebird reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Yes, but it still looks odd when all the "veterans of the recent war" in the PC party are level 1 when your game has a range of levels...
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The Firebird reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
We literally fought a war so that we wouldn't have to listen to their opinion on things.
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The Firebird reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Well, just add it to the long, long list of things they’re wrong about.
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The Firebird reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General + Homebrew Brainstorm to bring back prepared Vancian Casting + with Like.
It adds an extra layer of decision-making for the player. Each new rest is an opportunity to think about what would be most useful the...
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The Firebird reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread D&D General + Homebrew Brainstorm to bring back prepared Vancian Casting + with Like.
I use the above in my OSR homebrew rules.
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The Firebird reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread D&D General + Homebrew Brainstorm to bring back prepared Vancian Casting + with Like.
I'd probably go route #1 - losing flexibility for the option to have more spells on hand that will be useful at any given time...
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The Firebird reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General + Homebrew Brainstorm to bring back prepared Vancian Casting + with Like.
Plus+ thread, because I'd rather not have to justify/defend why I'd want to bring back old prepared Vancian casting. Rather than remove...
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The Firebird reacted to Cadence's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
I am neither in IT nor an IP lawyer, but I have a PhD so (judging from some others) I might as well be qualified for both. On the other...
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The Firebird reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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I am the lone ENWorld poster who's neither in IT nor an IP lawyer. -
The Firebird reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) One Store's Sales (D&D 2014 & 2024) with Like.
At some point, I promised to share my FLGS's D&D sales from July 2014 to October 2025, for those that like to look at lists. Obviously...
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The Firebird reacted to darjr's post in the thread OSR The Gygaxian Naturalism Appreciation Thread with Like.
I think that's actually the point. It's not a "problem".
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The Firebird reacted to AlexofBarbaria's post in the thread OSR The Gygaxian Naturalism Appreciation Thread with Like.
I love the fact that an insurance salesman/shoe cobbler without a college degree wrote the 1e DMG. I picture Gygax coming home from the...
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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread OSR The Gygaxian Naturalism Appreciation Thread with Like.
I agree. Gygax's Simulationist sensibilities (compared to a lot of modern games, and no matter what he said when trying to sell his...