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    Looking to commission art...

    Figured I'd close the loop on this. I got a bunch of useful suggestions here, which was really helpful. In the end, I went with a student - the daughter of a gaming friend. I know the friend from a house con I go to every year, that I got invited to through going to EN World Gamedays back when...
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    What are the rules for?

    Mod Note: You have six hundred accounts, but you made this one just today for this post? So, clearly, you know what's coming. Maybe you'll find someplace more fitting to your posting desires...
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    D&D General I’m Trying to Love D&D Again—and I’ve Got Some Complaints. Young Grognard posting.

    Mod note: 4e went out of print over a decade ago. The Edition Wars are over. It is past time to get out of the trenches. There's a point where you (and everybody) must make space to allow folks to like or dislike games, without you assigning them partisan positions in order to dismiss their...
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    D&D General I’m Trying to Love D&D Again—and I’ve Got Some Complaints. Young Grognard posting.

    I'll let you know when you have clearance to know if I do.
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    D&D General I’m Trying to Love D&D Again—and I’ve Got Some Complaints. Young Grognard posting.

    Um, unless you're solo, I am pretty sure you have to refer to the other players as part of the act of play. Player names and pronouns may be outside the narrative, but are inside the play of the game. Or do you just call everyone "Bruce" to reduce the confusion?
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    D&D General I’m Trying to Love D&D Again—and I’ve Got Some Complaints. Young Grognard posting.

    You aren't cleared to tell anyone if they are cleared or not.
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    D&D General I’m Trying to Love D&D Again—and I’ve Got Some Complaints. Young Grognard posting.

    ...when it isn't agreed to by the rest of the players. If everyone is on board with it, it's fine.
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    Trailer Coyote vs. Acme

    Threads merged.
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    D&D General Is D&D Beyond Exclusivity Bad for D&D?

    The fallacy lies in the implicit assumption that what the majority cares about decides what is important. The logical fallacy is well described elsewhere, and I don't think it pays us to go over it in detail here. You seem to be clinging to the idea that this is about individual users. I think...
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    D&D General Is D&D Beyond Exclusivity Bad for D&D?

    What? Archiving has squat-all to do with continuing sales. This is an area in which the digital world has failed to keep up with the implications of its own development. With print works, archival libraries could purchase or receive donation of a copy of a work, and preserve it for future...
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    D&D General Is D&D Beyond Exclusivity Bad for D&D?

    Indeed, all of TTRPGs can probably go in the trash right off.
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    D&D General Is D&D Beyond Exclusivity Bad for D&D?

    So, argumentum ad populem?
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    D&D General Is D&D Beyond Exclusivity Bad for D&D?

    I think he means this in terms of archiving for academic use and study, not in the sense of people actively playing it.
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    What are the rules for?

    Mod note: Easy-peasy. You need have no fear of exposure to it, since your post here was so incredibly rude, you've earned a ban from the thread. Be better to people.
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    Spoilers The Pitt Season 2 Discussion

    Well, let me ask you a question - do you think is it possible for a man to have a clash with a woman that isn't driven by his sexism? If you don't feel that's possible, then the discussion ends there, I think. If you do believe it is possible - what, in these cases, indicates to you that these...
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