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    Podcast #198: The Controversy of "Evil Races"

    You'll notice I used the word "species" not "race". Our society has this obsession with sub-dividing humans as races. Orcs are not humans just as Gnolls are not humans. Also, if we are not capable of playing games without transferring ideas from the games to the real world, then we have a bigger...
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    Podcast #198: The Controversy of "Evil Races"

    I didn't listen to the podcast, just giving my opinion on the topic that I have seen done to death in so many places.
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    Podcast #198: The Controversy of "Evil Races"

    In a make-believe world where GOOD and EVIL are actual things, and there are powerful gods who can create other living things, and those gods can be evil, it follows that an EVIL powerful god can create an entire species that has at its core that very real EVIL thing that exists. Whether or not...
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    Spelljammer D&D Direct Live Report: 9am PDT (5pm BST) SPELLJAMMER CONFIRMED! DRAGONLANCE!

    So their exciting new print format is to take one book, split it in three, and put it in a slip case?
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    D&D 5E Hasbro Acquires D&D Beyond For $146M

    I didn't say anything about backwards compatibility. If a new PHB comes out in 2024, will it replace the 5e PHB on DDB? Will we get to have both, or will the 5e PHB (and other books) be removed from the site to be replaced with 2024 edition?
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    D&D 5E Hasbro Acquires D&D Beyond For $146M

    You're assuming WotC won't still make your purchases unusable once the new edition comes out in 2024.
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    D&D 5E How Will D&D Beyond Implement Monsters of the Multiverse?

    If they set a precedent of forcing these changes on all users, and not allowing us a way to keep/use the previous versions of races and monsters, I will no longer be buying digital products from DDB (or likely anywhere). I'll stick to dead-trees.
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    Free RPG Day 2021 – What’s On Offer?

    I haven't been to FreeRPG day in a while, do they offer free PDF versions of these things for people who can't get to a retailer, or in areas where retailers don't participate?
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    D&D 5E The New D&D Book: Candlekeep Mysteries: 17 Mystery Adventures [UPDATED!]

    I'll wait to watch/read the reviews but my first impression is that I'm not interested in this one. Might skip.
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    D&D 5E WotC On Tasha, Race, Alignment: A Several-Year Plan

    When do we get to the part where people complain that "killing people and taking their stuff" in the real world is wrong, so we should take it out of D&D?
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    D&D 5E Mike Mearls is back on the D&D RPG Team

    Since some people here don't use Twitter, or aren't watching the various Mearls' hashtags, here are some handy links, and the evidence that has been shared. IF evidence is correct, then Mearls received private allegations from victims that he passed on to the abuser against the wishes of the...
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    D&D 5E Mike Mearls is back on the D&D RPG Team

    The emails were sent by the alleged victims to Mearls with expected privacy. They did not expect that their emails would be passed on to their accuser.
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    D&D 5E Mike Mearls is back on the D&D RPG Team

    There is evidence that serious allegations were made against Zak S to WotC through Mike Mearls. There is also evidence that Mike Mearls passed on the emails he received from the people alleging assaults to Zak along with their unredacted personal information, thus allegedly doxxing them. The...
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    Critical Role Here's The Cover Of The Explorer's Guide to Wildemount; Plus It's #15 In Amazon Bestsellers!

    My first reaction was, yeah I like CR but why would I want another generic D&D world when I have Greyhawk and FR? But reading the comments about old players vs new players I realized that having a new generic D&D world is exactly the point. Newer, younger players don't want to have to deal with...
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    RPG Writer Zak S Accused Of Abusive Behaviour

    Whether ENies are given to the creator or the work, rescinding an award because of behaviour we wish to censure is a legitimate means of ensuring better behaviour in the community. If you want to work in this industry (or any industry, really), and hope to be recognized, respected, and awarded...
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    Curse of Strahd Architects Room Question (SPOILERS!)

    I had it as a scale model inside and out, with the various levels being removable to see inside. I mainly did this because I had decided to hide a clue inside the model for the PCs to find. I also had a replica of the crystal heart represented by a small red crystal suspended from a thin chain...
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    Why I feel so abysmally let down by the "Ravnica" news...

    This is going to sound crazy, but my fear (and the reason I don't support, and won't buy, Ravnica) is that Hasbro is directing WotC to squeeze more money out of their properties by not only crossing over between IPs, but merging them. Yes, my fear is that they will merge D&D with M:TG and turn...
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    WotC D&D's Best Year Ever - But Hasbro's Goal Is For D&D e-Sports

    This just fuels my fears after the release of Ravnica. Listen, I love MTG. I met my wife playing MTG. But D&D is not MTG and I don't want D&D to become MTG. My fear is that someone at Hasbro has decided that MTG makes more money, so they should combine D&D with MTG and that will somehow make it...
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