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UngainlyTitan reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D General In 2025 FR D&D should PCs any longer be wary of the 'evil' humanoids? with
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Any longer? Not trying to be a big downer, but they never were. There's no period in RPG history where that was a major, popular thing... -
UngainlyTitan replied to the thread D&D General WotC: 'Of Course We're Going To Do' Baldur's Gate 4.A lot of Silicon Valley has been driven by sci fi from the sixties, seventies and eighties that they grew up with and thought was cool...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General In 2025 FR D&D should PCs any longer be wary of the 'evil' humanoids? with
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If this community is any indication of how the broader D&D community feels, then it’s a pretty stark divide. The subject of evil orcs... -
UngainlyTitan replied to the thread What's the bare minimum for a VTT?.Maps, tokens, shared dice rolls would be the minimum but I would like to be able to integrate character sheets. At least attach the...
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UngainlyTitan replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.The think that I notice, with all these discussions, we actually have terms that could be useful but we never agree to use them. Then...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Lord Irongron's post in the thread D&D General In 2025 FR D&D should PCs any longer be wary of the 'evil' humanoids? with Like.
Unfortunately in this case my 'table' is an online server with hundreds playing at any one time, and a large team of volunteer DMs...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to TreChriron's post in the thread D&D General In 2025 FR D&D should PCs any longer be wary of the 'evil' humanoids? with Like.
If you look at popular settings in today's hobby, I'm confident players are not looking for the "dark ages reenactment of historical...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
The whole BG3 thing is a great example as to why I fail to see how "railroad" and "linear adventure" are definitions of different...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
What even is ‘an adventure hook’ other than a telegraph that interesting things are happening in the world? I think all RPG worlds...
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I prefer the term linear or mostly linear Which is what you are describing. There is a clear start and end point and maybe a branch or...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Desdichado's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
I mean the idea that the DMs don't even provide hooks; the PCs are meant to go make their own adventure or find their own hooks. Or...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
Right, and like I said, it was a valuable discussion to have.
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UngainlyTitan reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
But that's why I don't like that usage; it camouflages the fact that having choices as a player doesn't mean the overall game doesn't...
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Which is why I prefer to only have Railroad apply when the players really have no choice in the matter. Keeps things from being...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Lakesidefantasy's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
It's only bad when the Players feel like they're being railroaded.