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    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    Ripped Billhook's leader's arm off.
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    Unpopular opinions go here

    Couldn't be worse than grunge itself, which was the most melodramatic, self pitying nonsense that a genre based on positive energy was fundamentally forced to exist by Newton's third law. :p
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    D&D General Forgotten Realms fans, what do you like most about the setting?

    The connection to the history of the hobby it provides, and the sheer scope and depth of information available. Even if there's not 5e material, so much is readily accessible. For the last character I built, I was able to pull from Dragon Magazine a whole article just about Mithrendain, which I...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Restrictive DMs and player enjoyment

    I think this is where I land as well. If there is a focused, dialed in campaign theme, with expectations and unique barriers, while the GM is being restrictive, I don't think giving them the general description of restrictive GM would be accurate. I think I would only use that term if I...
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    The GM's World, the Players' Campaign

    I'm not going to pretend there is no self-gratification the original building process, but it is also explicitly built for the gratification of the players, both in providing them discovery of the sort of things that they enjoy discovering, and to pointedly provide circumstances, scenarios, and...
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    The GM's World, the Players' Campaign

    As a player, a key part of my enjoyment is the sensation that I am exploring a world that 'exists.' The more ownership I have over world building, the more that sensation disappears. While I know it is a crafted universe, my participation highlights that and brings it to the forefront...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Planescape shows up in the wild. Tease from Chris Perkins.

    Absolutely. I just think the thing I bolded in your previous post, said that way, is why you're getting more push back than mere opinion typically warrants.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Planescape shows up in the wild. Tease from Chris Perkins.

    That's a very strong statement. As a fan of that art, I absolutely see the modern stuff as clearly connected and a continuation, if albeit not straight duplication, of the older style. The reason I like it is because I see it as expansive on the original work, and that's a phenomenal and...
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    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    Fake prison break: successful ruse!
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    D&D 5E (2014) Obojima: Tales from the Tall Grass

    $2,610,869, with 23,416 backers is the final count.
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    What do you see in your head in Theater of the Mind?

    No real details other than what is actively relevant to the combat, but usually either a rough, static 3D or top down view of the scene as a whole. The second something is asked about specifically, that part snaps to more focus. Edit: If someone asks about something, and I hadn't pictured that...
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    What have you done for your DM/GM at the end of a campaign?

    I received commissioned art of the whole party after they completed LMoP, which is one of the easiest paths to my heart.
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    D&D General What is player agency to you?

    I agree. I am in no way trying to imply that discussion of these topics are impossible as result.
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    D&D General What is player agency to you?

    Let me be clear. I don't disagree with anything here. You can judge kindness. You can say you find one act kinder than another, and in some, many, cases, be confident that most people would agree. My only point is that if the starting question is "How kind is X", the only answer you can start...
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    D&D General What is player agency to you?

    But for height there are units of measurement, if agreed upon, that can measure that quality in a way that is not subject to subjectivity. The measurement, done consistently, will come out the same no matter who judges it. There is no equivalent for kindness, and there never can be. At least...
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    D&D General What is player agency to you?

    I was disagreeing with the former case of the parenthetical, by arguing it's only possible in the latter. An act is only kind by measure of the circumstances that surround it, so I was saying that in support of the idea that kindness is inherently subjective, not objective, especially once...
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    D&D General What is player agency to you?

    That was exactly my point.
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    D&D General What is player agency to you?

    Some folks in your social circle are talking behind your back. Who is kinder? The person who tells you what they are saying so that you can deal with it, or the person who keeps it to themselves so that you're not hurt by the discovery? It entirely depends on the context, and the people...
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    Sneak Peak of Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

    Tells you to check for surprise, four of the the starter set characters have a passive perception of 13, the other one has 10, the goblins have a +6 to stealth, and two hits can do enough damage to knock down anyone. The fighter has the most HP at 12, and the goblins do 1d6+2. A powerful enough...
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