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UngainlyTitan replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) What’s the difference between sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards?.They exist because there is a demand for different caster conceptions. Their problems stem from the fact that wizard came first and most... -
UngainlyTitan reacted to Autumnal's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) What’s the difference between sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards? with
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I am enamored of warlocks in 5e because the pact concept go in so many different directions, from Elric to Faust to Dorothy Gayle to Old... -
UngainlyTitan reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) What’s the difference between sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards? with Like.
I know there’s a bit of a mechanical difference between them in how the cast, slots, sorcery points, spell lists, etc. I know there’s a...
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UngainlyTitan replied to the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll).All true, I was giving an extreme example of the power disparity. There was still a lot of.considerations of rank, privilage and station...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Autumnal's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
The ability of upper classes to murder people in lower classes actually varied a bunch by time and place. The Holy Roman Empire had a...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Reynard's post in the thread In a fantasy world filled with magic and miraculous beings, will the religious concepts of the locals be completely different from the human of Earth? with Like.
I think that is just philosophizing about religion by way of gaming without actually interrogating what makes people religious and what...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread In a fantasy world filled with magic and miraculous beings, will the religious concepts of the locals be completely different from the human of Earth? with Like.
I think D&D as a whole would have been better without clerics and divine magic.
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Kichwas's post in the thread In a fantasy world filled with magic and miraculous beings, will the religious concepts of the locals be completely different from the human of Earth? with Like.
The biggest flaw with a lot of fantasy pantheons is given that regular people also have super powers - you'd rightly see all those guys...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Reynard's post in the thread In a fantasy world filled with magic and miraculous beings, will the religious concepts of the locals be completely different from the human of Earth? with Like.
The problem with this question is tat it ignores how much magical thinking humans have always had and still do have. In the West, we...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread Things the Report button is NOT for with Like.
In fairness I can think of a number of reasons why one might want to report one's own post, mostly involving drawing attention to...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
That and after they freed them tax time.
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Releases New Unearthed Arcana Subclasses, Strongly Hinting at Dark Sun with Like.
What prompted me to ask the question is, personally, I'm part Greek and so I was like "Hey does Calimshan have absolutely nothing to do...
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
Why not just play a different game? Why must D&D keep changing when nearly every other RPG doesn’t (to any significant degree)?
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UngainlyTitan reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
D&D is Soul Caliber. A vaguely Renaissance/Age of exploration set world where you can have. Medieval knight in plate and greatsword, a...
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UngainlyTitan replied to the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll).Most of us would not want to recreate actual history, people had limited agency in much of history, nobles could outright murder lower...