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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MostlyHarmless42" data-source="post: 8567098" data-attributes="member: 6845520">My only thoughts on why the letting the players pick which phase isn't a terrible idea? It does make it a heck of a lot easier to track. That moon chart is a nightmare to keep track of and we all know it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f635.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="o_O" title="Er... what?    o_O"  data-smilie="12"data-shortname="o_O" />At the risk of weighing in on the heated kender topic, I do see the merits of some sort of lore change to shy away from potentially problematic stereotypes, though I do feel that the kender hatred for purely the theft reasons in the d&d community is a bit overblown. Change the lore for the problematic racial stereotype issues sure, but one should not blame the race mechanically speaking because a$#hole players who think breaking the social contract and being a d%&k to other players at the table is acceptable. One thing I often try to do with my kender NPCs or suggest to players who want to try want is to lean far more into the "childlike optimism" side of things if they've got to pick a roleplaying extreme. There's a reason why most of the characters in those books were described in such a way, and frankly I'll say it, hot take: Tasslehoff is the least interesting named kender in the entire series. Gotta rep my man Nightshade Pricklypear or Blister Nimblefingers. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

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