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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 9230467" data-attributes="member: 177">I watched a few episodes to get some understanding of what the fuss was about, but I don't follow Critical Role, so this is not meaningful to me.&nbsp; Sorry.And?&nbsp; I am not of the thought that all gaps must be filled.&nbsp; it is not a flaw to have gaps.&nbsp; It doesn't seem to me to be a weakness that there's one thing that doesn't have direct opposition - direct opposition falls too neatly into the simple Good/Evil (or Law/Chaos) dichotomy that's all over the place already.&nbsp; Indeed, lacking a simple opposition would be consistent with the 1e, &quot;True Neutral&quot; origins of the class.&nbsp; And why not allow something that stands a bit unique? That sounds like symmetry for the sake of symmetry, which has its limits as a storytelling tool.&nbsp; Diads are the most simple form of symmetry around, and we already have several of them to work with.&nbsp; I don't see as creating one more diad is really adding a whole lot of story possibilities you can't get elsewhere. For druids, if we must have opposition defined, I'd find having a triad would be more thematically appropriate and compelling - a trio of things that complete a metaphysical whole, no two of which are in direct opposition to each other. But, you know, as you will.&nbsp; Your game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 9230467, member: 177"] I watched a few episodes to get some understanding of what the fuss was about, but I don't follow Critical Role, so this is not meaningful to me. Sorry. And? I am not of the thought that all gaps must be filled. it is not a flaw to have gaps. It doesn't seem to me to be a weakness that there's one thing that doesn't have direct opposition - direct opposition falls too neatly into the simple Good/Evil (or Law/Chaos) dichotomy that's all over the place already. Indeed, lacking a simple opposition would be consistent with the 1e, "True Neutral" origins of the class. And why not allow something that stands a bit unique? That sounds like symmetry [I]for the sake of symmetry[/I], which has its limits as a storytelling tool. Diads are the most simple form of symmetry around, and we already have several of them to work with. I don't see as creating one more diad is really adding a whole lot of story possibilities you can't get elsewhere. For druids, if we must have opposition defined, I'd find having a [I]triad[/I] would be more thematically appropriate and compelling - a trio of things that complete a metaphysical whole, no two of which are in direct opposition to each other. But, you know, as you will. Your game. [/QUOTE]

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