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TwoSix replied to the thread Penguin Random House Announces New D&D Romantasy Book.Probably not. They used the word "cosy" in the marketing, which is a genre flag for being fairly PG/PG-13. Contrast with "spicy"... -
TwoSix reacted to Kurotowa's post in the thread D&D General New Feywild themed D&D Romantasy tie-in announced with
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No, BG3 was a dating sim with a combat minigame on the side. ;) Seriously though, the Romance genre has heavily codified tropes that... -
TwoSix reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
It all goes back to the jerk premise. Is this unexpected character concept disruptive? Can things work out? Will the player be an ass...
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.For sure. As I said towards the beginning of this thread, player empowerment goes along with player responsibility. The more I dictate...
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TwoSix reacted to Piperken's post in the thread Vincent Baker on narrativist RPGing, then and now with Like.
Another way to look at these two statements across time: the first statement is much more structural, the second less so. Of these two...
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TwoSix reacted to I'm A Banana's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun Book with Like.
These two things are in tension with each other. If Dark Sun is really about embodying a heroic character who doesn't do the Clearly...
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun Book.Sure, but it's the good kind of "narrative conflict" tension. I don't think of defiling as "Clearly Evil Villain Stuff", any more than...
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D General New Feywild themed D&D Romantasy tie-in announced.Tough to say. Throne of Glass started in 2012, and ACOTAR in 2015, but I think you can make an argument that genre didn’t solidify...
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TwoSix reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
No, but I'm pretty sure Elminster asked me for some money and a picture with him in Hollywood.
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TwoSix reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General New Feywild themed D&D Romantasy tie-in announced with Like.
Media is the plural of medium. As in, the means of conveying a work of art. That a work may not necessarily be challenging doesn’t make...
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D General New Feywild themed D&D Romantasy tie-in announced.Fair. I was fine accepting the definition of the poster I quoted within the context of the post; "art" is far too squishy of a word for...
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.The DM shouldn't not have fun just because a player is running a concept he isn't a fan of. No one is telling a GM what to do. What...
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TwoSix reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun Book with Like.
I've been arguing people can do what they want with it, but I strongly believe Dark Sun is a great setting for heroic PCs and a pretty...
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TwoSix replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun Book.Which is why my general opinion on defiling is that should an option for any arcane-using PC to access at any time. Defiling should be...
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Half that, half "Everything has to have rules, none of that handwavey DM fiat stuff". Like how in 3e monsters treated their creature...