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  1. MoonSong

    D&D General Words which replaced "race" in fantasy games

    I'm on your side here, but there's room to pull a thread that way. Not the same baggage, obviously, but there is some.
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    WotC D&D Historian Ben Riggs says the OGL fiasco was Chris Cocks idea.

    It didn't prevent the creation of Fate, or One Roll Engine, nor Savage Worlds. So many publishers focusing on a single system let breathing room for the jewels to shine instead of .
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    WotC D&D Historian Ben Riggs says the OGL fiasco was Chris Cocks idea.

    I'm not exactly glad. The whole debacle hurt the trust in creating OGC. Yes, the srds in CC are fine and the ORC is dandy, but a lot of game content is stuck as OGC, and the loss of confidence in the OGL may make it harder to defend in the future.
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    Today I learned +

    Even a bad horse can be made into plenty jello and paste.
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    Today I learned +

    Turns out there isn't enough electricity nor cooling systems to keep feeding the AI boom. https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/data-centre-boom-reveals-ai-hypes-physical-limits-2024-07-04/
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    RPG "Dating Apps" For LFG

    Yeah, this is what I was talking about. What was the name?
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    User Name and Avatars: Origin Stories

    Name The original name I was using was a combo of my email name with the word lurker (and it came from mangled Indian to try to spell forty-two n_n). Back then I only registered in order to be able to see the comments in the votes. I was just happy being a lurker, but once I registered I...
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    Today I learned +

    It sounds like a waste of a horse.
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    D&D 5E (2014) What I Don't Like About Subclasses, and Potential Solutions.

    PF1 sorcerer isn't that much of a solution. The bonus feats and spells were cool in theory, but in practice they were either irrelevant or came online too late.(So, for example you could pick the bonus feat you wanted or you could pick it as soon as it was available to you, which usually was...
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    RPG "Dating Apps" For LFG

    Ot was it Player Locator? Edit: Gamers seeking Gamers?
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    RPG "Dating Apps" For LFG

    Is the Gamer locator still online?
  12. MoonSong

    Today I learned +

    As far as I know, it had to do with John D Rockefeller growing up poor and then remaining frugal once he hit it big. But since he was one of the richest men around, what he ate gaines prestige. Or something like that. I have no source. But speaking of sources. Have you watched the life of Leon...
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    RPG "Dating Apps" For LFG

    I think that Start playing is kind of like that, but paid. There's also reddit r/LFG Edit: ok on a second read it isn't like that.
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    D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play?

    The way I see it, there would be no mechanics associated with race, but by picking a race you're claiming a stake of narrative space. A fictional stance that has consequences even if they aren't summarized and turned into rules or numbers. I ser no problem with the changeling example, yes they...
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    D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play?

    I know this very likely doesn't apply to you, but "just roleplay it" is kind of an OSR mantra as a way to discredit newer play styles as just wanting "kewl powers". Let me tell you, that this post is the most Neotrad thing I've seen you say.
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    D&D General Why Do You Prefer a Medieval Milieu For D&D? +

    Going back to the OP, I like D&D when its medievalish, because medievalesque is both well known and far away in the past for it to be cozy, familiar and not getting too topical. Science fiction is inherently topical and can get very opinionated quiet fast. It turns into either a critique of...
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    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook Reveal: Feats/Backgrounds/Species

    Re: playing a character that isn't as much of a contributor to the party. @mellored, I wish I had the chance to play soemthig like this one day.
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    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook Reveal: Feats/Backgrounds/Species

    Re: Everybody starting with 16 int her prime stat. Let me preface this by saying that I don't do optimization. I don't care about the difference between a 15 and a 16. I don't let "suboptimal" get in the way of a character concept. In fact I might seek suboptimal as part of the concept. I...
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    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player's Handbook Reveal: Feats/Backgrounds/Species

    I'm reminded of a paladin I played on 4e. Low attack and defense scores, no attack powers, and thanks to feat selection I had a cleric multiclass and pacifist healer. Low AC wasn't a problem, thanks to plate mail. In combat I dispensed HP like candy and impossed control through divine sanction...
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