Recent content by TiQuinn

Guess we just have had two vastly different experiences. 🤷‍♂️

Less information in what respect? The full origin of the war is there, the motivations of the key players, the political intrigues, multiple hooks to engage the PCs from court machinations to down in the trenches and the impact on common folks…what precisely is missing that you feel needs to be...

The Wildemount book is about two nations at war. There’s an actual section in there titled “How to Run a War Campaign”. It’s the default assumption.

You also admitted that it was a hot take with no follow-up. I don’t think many people have a great grasp of either who comprise a mainstream audience or what that audience likes or knows, particularly since it’s constantly changing. It really just boils down to one person’s opinion based on...

It has become painfully obvious over time that many people think automatically that a quote is always a direct response.

Same goes for Ptolus in 3e. Monte Cook wanted to create a city setting that was everything D&D turned up to 11, and he used it as his play test campaign.

It gets a bad rap?! I’m always stunned when I hear stuff like that. We had an absolute blast with it, and we’re getting ready to play Raiders of the Serpent Sea as our next campaign. Odyssey was easily a top five campaign in my book.

Not gonna lie - a Xarfell Fyrepriest just on name alone sounds kinda awesome! 😂

This has always been my preferred solution to where did Dragonborn come from, not that it ever really was a big deal for me.

Arkhan the Cruel. Several NPC adversaries are Dragonborn in the Tyranny of Dragons modules. As for tieflings, Avarice from Rime of the Frostmaiden. There’s a bunch in Dungeon of the Mad Mage. That’s just off the top of my head. You can find more on the FR wiki easily. I’m just not sure what you...

It’s not irrelevant. There was no real reason given in the lore of the settings for why demihumans had these limitations. It was simply a rule of the system. Once the rules of the system changed, the settings updated to follow the rules.

And to me, I think the answer is clear. It’s not like we saw a lot of variation from setting to setting in those core rules. Demihuman limits were a hard line according to the rules.

But what is a setting supposed to say about the existence of dwarf wizards when the original pretense of there NOT being dwarf wizards was so incredibly thin to begin with? Like, the original rationale for the non-existence of dwarf wizards was never baked into the setting. It was a rules...

I think the bigger issue with Drizz’t as the basis for the show is representing Dark elves as not elves in blackface (See the D&D episode of Community - if you can find it), and not have the effect look too corny. I don’t think it has anything to do with marketability (above notwithstanding) or...

No, I wouldn’t want another generic fantasy world. Have plenty of that.