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<blockquote data-quote="Envisioner" data-source="post: 8007130" data-attributes="member: 6749263"><p>DMsguild will only work if I'm writing within Forgotten Realms or other such approved settings (eg the upcoming Theros). And while I could start a blog, it wouldn't have the technical resources I really need to do justice to my designs. I don't just want to post the character's backstory; I like having a full accounting of all their mechanical abilities, and while I could link some stuff to d20srd.org or the like, there's a lot of material that isn't included there. So what I really need is a full website, where I can put up every block of ability text that's referenced and have a fully consistent indexing system for navigating through it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's really surprising to me. The mechanics require actual work, number-crunching and cross-referencing and so forth; background and story is literally just making stuff up (or stealing from your favorite TV shows). I'm not trying to put anyone down, but are there really people who find it impossible to imagine a basic character backstory? You sit down to play a Paladin, you pick out your Paladin oath based on its mechanical effects which interest you - do you not then IMMEDIATELY think "my guy has the Oath of Vengeance because orcs wiped out his village" or some such? I feel like my contribution should not be telling you "you should say that your guy has the OoV because orcs", but rather walking you through the step-by-step cost/benefit analysis of deciding whether your Paladin should multiclass to Ranger in order to have Favored Enemy: Orcs, and which other Humanoid race he should pick besides that since you get two of them with one Ranger level.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Envisioner, post: 8007130, member: 6749263"] DMsguild will only work if I'm writing within Forgotten Realms or other such approved settings (eg the upcoming Theros). And while I could start a blog, it wouldn't have the technical resources I really need to do justice to my designs. I don't just want to post the character's backstory; I like having a full accounting of all their mechanical abilities, and while I could link some stuff to d20srd.org or the like, there's a lot of material that isn't included there. So what I really need is a full website, where I can put up every block of ability text that's referenced and have a fully consistent indexing system for navigating through it. That's really surprising to me. The mechanics require actual work, number-crunching and cross-referencing and so forth; background and story is literally just making stuff up (or stealing from your favorite TV shows). I'm not trying to put anyone down, but are there really people who find it impossible to imagine a basic character backstory? You sit down to play a Paladin, you pick out your Paladin oath based on its mechanical effects which interest you - do you not then IMMEDIATELY think "my guy has the Oath of Vengeance because orcs wiped out his village" or some such? I feel like my contribution should not be telling you "you should say that your guy has the OoV because orcs", but rather walking you through the step-by-step cost/benefit analysis of deciding whether your Paladin should multiclass to Ranger in order to have Favored Enemy: Orcs, and which other Humanoid race he should pick besides that since you get two of them with one Ranger level. [/QUOTE]
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