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As an aside, I do find it amusing how many people in TTRPG communities insist that humans are BORING when literally other media we...
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Back when WotC announced they would be delaying the release of Eberron: Forge of the Artificer, they told those of us who had preordered...
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I think people has said this many times enough, but Session Zero is key. That and a mini document explaining the setting you want to...
Nov 26, 2025
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How do you get over it? You just get over it. It's a game with talking dragons and mermaids and every kind of mythology thrown into a...
Nov 26, 2025
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For me, "circus troupe" is nothing new. I've been playing for 35+ years, and even "back in the day" we had parties that were filled...
Nov 26, 2025
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I have a player who has played D&D for almost 30 years and is sick of elves dwarves and humans. He will play the weirdest thing you can...
Nov 26, 2025
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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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Eh. I think a better framing than having a "DM establishing setting expectations" is . . . having a session zero where campaign style...
Nov 26, 2025
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This isn't exactly new to 5th Edition. We started to see an increase in race/species types in both BECMI D&D and AD&D 2E back in the...
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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...
Nov 26, 2025
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This is one of the advantages of playing in a game with a DM who takes a more active hand in establishing setting expectations. If they...
Nov 26, 2025
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You ninja'd me by about 30 seconds. I was also thinking this thread was going to be about using a circus troupe as a framing device...
Nov 26, 2025
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I was a bit disappointed because I thought this thread would be talking about circus troupes as a framing device for an adventuring...
Nov 26, 2025
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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...
Nov 26, 2025
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Depends entirely on the tone and setting of the campaign. Fine for some campaigns, wrong for others. Expectations (and how much exactly...
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