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Agreed! I think it’s great to have a positive model of a group where the players and DM work together to design what they need to realize what the players are interested in playing. Their experience as performers and the graciousness that comes with it is a salient point. These are professional...

To be honest, I don’t see that as an inherently bad thing. Like, would I personally want to play an angel/dragon hybrid with heterochromia? No, that’s trying to do too much, and ends up being less effective because it’s too unfocused. But what’s it to me if someone else plays a character with a...

It spoils the involvement of mind flayers, which could otherwise be a great twist.

That was an excellent one-shot, despite Taliesin's lack of familiarity with the rules of the system. Thanks for clarifying that point!

OC is an exonym. I have never encountered anyone who described themselves as a member of “the OC community.” I have encountered lots of people who are incredibly judgmental of anyone they deem to be part of the OC community. So, again, what specifically do you mean by “OC”? These are not...

Maybe, but I don’t think it’s that. He’s constantly doing the thing where he just says his character’s internal thoughts out loud, and I actually hate that. I’m finding myself liking Azune in spite of that. It’s the little things when he’s acting in-character rather than just expositing his...

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So what exactly do you mean when you say “the OC style?” Evidently it’s not just homebrew options. You claim it’s not Taliesin as a person. It must not be playing an “arrogant prick,” cause Matt’s character doesn’t bother you in the same way. Apparently it’s not just being goth. What...

Welcome to Edition War 2

Rumors of the death of diseases in 2024 were somewhat exaggerated. The same diseases that appeared in the 2014 DMG are also found in the 2024 DMG, they’re just called magical contagions now. And, as noted, Lay On Hands and Lesser Restoration no longer cure them. In fact, there’s no universal way...

I very much like the idea of fae time blindness. I mean, any immortal creature should struggle to understand mortal timescales, right? In a lot of ways, human social systems are built around the exchange of time, as the only resource that can never be recovered once lost. A being that has an...

I don’t know how else to interpret accusations of attention-seeking and making characters with Isekai anime backstories. 🤷‍♀️ I don’t know you, I only know what you post, and what you posted suggested a misapprehension of what goth is about. If I misread you, by all means please clarify your...

I mean, maybe don’t goth-shame people if you don’t want to deal with other goths coming to their defense.

No, not co-DMs, but also, I’m sure there are people on the crew helping organize notes, maintain the setting bible, etc. I guess I could be wrong about that, but it would seem crazy to me not to if the option is available.

Cool! Yeah, I thought it was 3rd party, but I wasn’t 100% sure. Tyranny is definitely a demon, not a tiefling. I watched an interview where Whitney talked about it, and she said the character concept literally started as just “I want to play a hot, pink demon,” and she said she didn’t realize...

Haha, no. I can see why you might get that impression given Liam’s proclivity for playing tortured, emotional characters, but that’s just his taste as a performer. Taliesin is a goth, as in a member of the goth subculture. The original goth subculture, in the 80s and early 90s, and his fashion...

I mean, a home game isn’t a TV show, but Critical Role is. And again, this isn’t a new thing, Matt has had a team the whole time, it has only grown since campaign 1. And Brennan has also had a team on Dimension 20, so he’s no stranger to working this way.

It’s in Explorer’s Guide to Wildmount, isn’t it?

Sorry, I didn’t mean others have had homebrew characters in every campaign, just that others have had homebrew elements to their characters. Well, there’s no way Thimble isn’t homebrewed since she’s Tiny sized. Tyranny is explicitly a demon, not a tiefling. Cattigan has some sort of weird...