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    D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play?

    Thank you! It was an interesting challenge expressing dry mechanics narratively. I've found that I've become quite partial to the Sunaya. I need to find them a place in my world. Here is what I was attempting to convey: Thulian +2 Strength Powerful Build (Counts as large size in certain...
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    D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play?

    Well, a conquest paladin would be appropriate for the former. What they look like has already been stated, although I am being vague about that for reasons. Thulians have long had a tumultuous relationship with the land and sea. This has lead them to a conflict-based mindset, interactions with...
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    D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play?

    What more do you need for these two species? How could I expand the lore?
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    D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play?

    Yes, it is. Thanks for the benefit of the doubt. These orcs have talents in woodworking, seamanship, enhanced strength and are lucky. These halflings are resistant to fire, have metal cunning, and enhanced dexterity.
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    D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play?

    One are orcs and the other are halflings. One are humans and the other are gnomes. One are water genasi and the other are fire genasi. Both are humans. You tell me.
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    D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play?

    The Empire of Thule has been enjoying a calm after 30 years of hard battle and conquest. Through tactical excellence, strong esprit de corps, and strange good fortune, they have conquered the lands surrounding the Bolor Sea. Their emperor, Tavus the Blue Lion, is currently eyeing surrounding...
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    D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play?

    Tangent- A while ago there was a fun and fascinating thread on Twitter on how do you cardiovert a centaur? Do you put the pads on the human or horse chest? And, for bonus amusement, there are actually equine AEDs. Never realized that. So, yeah, anatomy matters in ways you don't expect...
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    D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play?

    If you can describe how they are different, and there being a situation where that difference matters, then yes. If not, then no.
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    D&D General Fighter Design: The Battle Die

    Interesting! I'm a bit critical of increasing die sizes, but that's personal taste. One thing I want to experiment with is rolling best of x dice. So you roll 1 die at 1st level, best of two at 5th (say), three at 9th, what have you. I think statistically it is basically a result of 6 at four...
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    D&D Historian Benn Riggs On Gary Gygax & Sexism

    Umm... And? Is this news to anyone? We knew this 20 years ago. It feels like poking an old wound.
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    Critical Role Sam Riegel discusses his recent absence from Critical Role.

    Sam developed an unusual form of cancer, that of the tonsils. While he's been gone in the short term because of his character loss, this is why he's been gone for more than an episode or two. Caught early, surgeries and therapy have been very successful. Expected to make a full recovery, but...
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    Best crafting rules?

    I want ... Starcraft, in a way. [Workshop] Xgp. Lets you make [Catagory]. Potions, scrolls, wands, swords, what have you. Base Material - Steel, lead, oak, cow's blood, glass vials with pure water, &c. The physical thing you hold or consume as well as common components. Trivial or easy to...
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    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Players Handbook reveal: "New Crafting Rules"

    Indeed. One thing my players have gotten used to is one adventure per season, and finding a place to winter over. This gives them time to do their downtime activities and use their discoveries in the next adventure. Once they get to a certain power level they can adventure during the rainy /...
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    D&D General Why Do You Prefer a Medieval Milieu For D&D? +

    The more you have the bigger the boom. The reaction feeds on itself, the increasing heat setting off the next amount of powder. While you get into a situation where the explosion can be big enough that powder is flung out of the blast radius before it ignites, there are ways around that. So...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Can Sending Be Used to Speak with the Soul of a Dead Character?

    Maybe. First through is that it wouldn't unless the person became some kind of free willed undead. Then the soul is a "creature" of some stripe. Sending is 2nd level now, not 6th? Probably not unless there were some clever "magical hogwash" going on. Clever ideal, however!
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    D&D General Why Do You Prefer a Medieval Milieu For D&D? +

    Yes it is! Having someone with a cutlass and a brace of pistols is fine. Having a sharpshooter on a rooftop armed with a rapier for the inevitable rooftop chase is great. My concern is keeping to that balance point where everyone isn't getting firearms. Having a reload time and making the...
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    D&D General Why Do You Prefer a Medieval Milieu For D&D? +

    JohnSnow encapsulates my reply nicely. I have my campaign year tied to 1650, ignoring firearms, for cultural and scientific achievements, but the idea of people in armor, titles, mercenary companies, ruins to explore, and for the most part muscle, wind, and water powered machinery is a big part...
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    D&D General Why Do You Prefer a Medieval Milieu For D&D? +

    I was thinking of manticores, lamia, ankhegs, chuul, sphinx, catoblepas, gorgons, and the titular dragons, of course.
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    D&D General Why Do You Prefer a Medieval Milieu For D&D? +

    I would consider "monsters" a viable third option.
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    D&D General the elemental planes are trash

    I appreciated the elemental planes, although I had similar concerns with a certain level of accessibility and survivability. My current planar scheme was influenced by the Arduin Grimoire, in that I started thinking of each plane as a "planet", and what level of fidelity to typical physics they...
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