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    D&D Historian Benn Riggs On Gary Gygax & Sexism

    Well, of course. No generation is a monolith. But there are trends. By and large, people who came of age before the 1960s were (are) more likely to be kinda sexist by today's standards than those who grew up during and after that era.
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    D&D Historian Benn Riggs On Gary Gygax & Sexism

    Point #1, Gygax was born in 1938. His views on a lot of things were probably well formed before the various social upheavals of the 1960s came along and disrupted a lot of previous norms. Point #2, there is no one single attitude of the 1970s. A lot of debates were going on throughout the...
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    D&D Historian Benn Riggs On Gary Gygax & Sexism

    I'm still inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt in this specific case because we know nothing about the context. It could be referencing some then-recent incident or discussion that we have no way of recovering. It's still not a shining statement of support for equality, but it may not...
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    D&D Historian Benn Riggs On Gary Gygax & Sexism

    Speaking also as a woman and a dungeon master, I actually feel like the "women's lib" line is pretty mild and the article is going out of its way to put the most negative possible spin on it. They assume it's saying "We made our evil dragon a goddess because we think women with power are...
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    D&D General What Do Tabaxi Look Like in Your Games? (A Poll)

    We rarely play tabaxi, but when we do, they're based on small cats, so I voted 3. However, they're not always based on housecats. I ran a game a few months ago with twin tabaxi rogues based on manuls (Pallas' cats). They're loosely inspired by the twins in How to Train Your Dragon.
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    D&D General Map I made this week

    Oooh, I didn't know a DM's version was coming! I hope he'll post about it here.
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    D&D General Map I made this week

    If by some chance you don't already have this, I wanted to make you aware of it! It's a real labor of love on the part of the creator: https://www.enworld.org/threads/mystara-players-guide-free-for-download.682073/
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    D&D 5E (2024) D&D Pre-orders; this is sad

    Not sure why we're debating whether WotC will stop printing physical books. During the OGL fiasco, didn't Cao come right out and say they plan for books to be "treasured collectibles" in future? That suggests that they will continue to print physical books but likely in extremely reduced numbers...
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    D&D General Defining "New School" Play (+)

    And I like that the backgrounds in 5E are mostly there for RP purposes. I don't like the fact that people will now be picking them for their mechanical benefits. Just to say it takes all kinds.
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    D&D 5E (2014) A better model for Legendary Resistance

    Hypnotic Pattern is a big one. It could, for example, put the boss completely out of commission while the PCs deal with the minions, no matter how long it takes, and then they all focus-fire the boss.
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    D&D 5E (2014) A better model for Legendary Resistance

    As far as I know, there's no rule that legendary resistances have to be always 3 per day. That's just kind of the default number.
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    D&D General Aasimar, Angelic Guides, and Avernus

    So my party has three aasimar (out of seven PCs) in it. Their angelic guides have not featured yet in the game, but the group is due to arrive at Candlekeep in the next session and that seems like a good time to bring the guides into the story. I'd like to hear what any other players have done...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Do Psionic Organizations Still Have a Place in 5e?

    I'm still confused. Are you saying that a psi-warrior doesn't possess psionic power in the fictional world, just because his powers don't have a separate set of mechanics in the rulebooks? I don't see why the rules should dictate the fiction in this case. To approach it from another angle...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Do Psionic Organizations Still Have a Place in 5e?

    Why not? Why is a full class required in order to have an organization?
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    D&D 5E (2014) Free adventure

    Downloaded! Thanks for posting it.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Do Psionic Organizations Still Have a Place in 5e?

    There are currently (in 5E) psionic subclasses--is that enough for an organization?
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    D&D 5E (2014) There Will Be No More Hydro74 Alternate D&D Covers

    True, but I wouldn't be surprised if they're the last ones.
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    D&D 5E (2014) There Will Be No More Hydro74 Alternate D&D Covers

    What a shame. I have some of these alternate covers and really like them. (Wish I had picked up the alt-cover version of Xanathar's.) As for what the "new direction" means, didn't WotC say that in future, they plan for books to be "cherished collectibles" rather than the main way of delivering...
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