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Thomas Shey reacted to Mad_Jack's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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With my seasonal affective disorder kicking in hard lately and exacerbating my other mental health issues, I'm really feeling the need... -
Thomas Shey reacted to The Soloist's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
At some point, it's better just to unwatch some threads
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Thomas Shey reacted to Blue's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
This is a really interesting question. I don't have a single cohesive thought on it, but if you will bear with my rambling I've got a...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
By "flip it on it's head" I didn't mean the sentiment is incorrect, but that the phrase intended to convey criticism is, for a different...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.As I've noted before, there are people who were there for token play from day one.
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Thomas Shey reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I have met many players who are not interested in "collaborative storytelling." Many want to play a game, plain and simple. I still...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.Not realizing there are plenty of people in the hobby that are very shallow in their approach doesn't make them not exist. Maybe you...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I would argue that even when everybody is into the lore, it's better to sprinkle the lore in on a need-to-know basis, rather than...
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Thomas Shey reacted to InVinoVeritas's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
For lore to matter, it must affect players' decision making. Which means that the decisions made must be different from what they would...
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Thomas Shey reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
I will say that Foxy Shazam did in fact have a big impact on this, but I also have David Bowie, Queen, The Struts and The Darkness to...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General Mapping: How Do You Do It?.I started to respond to this, and then remembered that now that the OP has clarified his intent for this thread it'd be effectively...
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Thomas Shey reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
i think a few of the elven subspecies could probably just be pruned wholesale to let other species have more claim to the archetypes...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.Well, honestly, the term has probably become applied to too many not-really-similar things in both fiction and games, but that boat has...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Marandahir's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
To be fair to Tolkien, it's how fantasy writers who are called Tolkien work, too. Yes, he had the Book of Lost Tales and Elvish...
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Thomas Shey reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread What rpg system would you use for a 60+ session fantasy campaign? with Like.
I always check, but that's because I know that I generally need to avoid throwing opinions around in 5e threads. For someone who is here...