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Xamnam reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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You know, it's funny I've never heard about these entitled snowflake players until maybe the last few years and almost always in the... -
Xamnam reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
No. Because that's not how improv works. The person who makes the offer makes the offer. They are establishing the parameters. They...
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Xamnam reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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I don't like that your argument is ultimately about the motivations of the players, and in a distinctly disparaging way ("crown of... -
Xamnam replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.I personally have no issue with a DM wanting a specific setting, genre, tropes, and desiring a certain blend of usual denizens to...
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Xamnam reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with
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Yeah, I've tried that. And then every player comes forward and wants to play a "secret" elf or a Tiefling. The second I try to put any... -
Xamnam reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
Verisimilitude… reduces immersion…? That’s a first. I don’t agree that an adventuring party full of outlandish characters within an...
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Xamnam reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
That’s because it’s the former that follows from the latter. It’s not that they’re an oddballs because they’re adventurers, it’s that...
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Xamnam reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I can't be the only one who thinks "traditional fantasy world" is an oxymoron right? The whole point of a fantasy world is that it's...
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Xamnam reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
As a general rule, I dislike forced demographics. I don't get to play a PC as often as I wish, and I would hate to have to pick human...
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Xamnam reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I think the level of fantastical is definitely a factor, because determines how common a specific species is and how integrated they...
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Xamnam reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Like.
I haven't really thought of adventuring party composition in this way before, but I think you nailed it! This is the perfect way to...
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Xamnam reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties with Love.
I used to feel this way too. If it helps, I justified it to myself by saying, they’re adventurers. They’re already a rare bunch just by...
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Xamnam replied to the thread D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties.I do think that the title of the thread is more likely to entice people who already agree with your position, and make those who are on...
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This is why I am lead to believe the game is predicated on a 'partial-success=good-enough' mentality. With 4 dice (probably your best...
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Xamnam reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Circle Casting is gonna break a lot of games with Like.
I'd need to see it in practice before I decide whether I like it or not. I'm seeing a lot of white room examples in this thread that...