Holy crap that first one awoke a fire in me that has been smoldering for a long time now. I absolutely HATE that every single race is just becoming "human but a different color" it is so insulting to actually creative writers, dms, and players. Stripping alignment down to being meaningless, making all races the same, it is so pathetic.
3 weeks ago
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I still remember the duergar mentality that makes them ultimate smiths superior to dwarves. They are super workaholics who will fanatically work until they finish their forge masterpiece. That is why I will pay any money for duergar goods and work.
3 weeks ago
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I freaking hate the discourse that cropped up around evil races. It’s lead to all the hard edges being taken off thing in an attempt just be a general edition rather than built around the Forgotten Realms and then expanding to include other things. The understanding for players and dms who are good is that they’re evil because that’s how they’ve been raised and by the influences around them. But that doesn’t mean that every single Orc or duregar is condemned to violence, oppression and death. Just that the average amongst their people do. And thus any member of that race that are different will be left adrift. Both amongst their own people, and others. It’s INTERESTING. and if you don’t want it you don’t have to include it. But it’s better that the hard edges exists and give the DM something interesting to work from. Better than them all being the same milquetoast choice with the only difference being height, walking speed, and abilities. Because heaven forbid we give the scores to races. And yes this is a point I am willing to argue for.
3 weeks ago
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I really kinda hate that every race, species, sub-race, whatever we’re calling them now are all just being dilluted to “human with pointy wears” “human but short” “human but green”.
3 weeks ago
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White dragons aren’t dumb in the sense they’re mindless animals. They’re dumb in the same way Goku is. They crave a hunt that will drive them to their limit, and push them to go even further beyond or die trying. And have developed the best god damn hunting instincts you can possibly imagine as a result. They get lost in the desire for that hunt that will push them, and make dumb decisions as a result. A well played white dragon turns the hunters (the party) into the hunted, even when they think they’re the hunters. They strike fear into them the same way Tucker’s Kobolds did. They are masters of the hunt, and they know it…but like any chromatic dragon, their pride is their downfall. And they cannot see they are the prey until the final stroke of the blade has already sliced their throats
3 weeks ago
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What used to make humans special was that they were the only race that didn't fit into a neat stereotype. They could be anything and it turned them into the wild card that could build alliances between vastly opposed races. No everything is just weird looking humans, boring.
3 weeks ago | 8
An individual are the way they are due to both nature and nurture. What DND has done with the latest interpretation of races is homogenized nature between races. Wich I think is bigoted and cowardly! Bigoted because they are basically saying other "species" are lesser and shouldn't be seen for what they are. Now in reality we've yet to encounter another sentient "species". But it doesn't take alot of imagination to envision how extremely alien they could be! And why? Why can't we have species that are by nature more inclined towards callousness, violence or peace and compassion. It doesn't prevent an individual from a species to go against their nature. An elf can be evil and violent, and an orc can be good and peaceful. It would even deepen the story as they struggle with their own nature to live the way they want to! It might be all because they use the word race instead of species. A race is a variation within the same species. A Doberman or a chihuahua. Looks different but has all the same functions, especially brain chemistry. A species is a whole other type of being. Like a dog and an octopus! Wholly different chemistry and psyche! And if you're planning on answer my question with "well you can do whatever you want in your games". Congratulations! You won! You can put down your phone and relax. Because you've won!
3 weeks ago
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This is why I always homebrew roleplay race traits. I am sorry but Orcs trying to be good despite an inherent violent nature is far more interesting than green humans with a slightly different culture
3 weeks ago | 4
I feel so sad about how they absolutley massacred changeling
3 weeks ago | 5
I disliked how the did the "there are no inherently evil races" to be more PC. Orcs SHOULD be evil (as a general rule) because they were made by an evil god, duergar SHOULD be evil because of eons of psychic torture and enslavement.
3 weeks ago
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Player character race is just a cosmetic choice now. I used to play suboptimal stuff like orc wizard or gnome barbarian. Everything feels like variant human and makes me kinda sad
3 weeks ago | 1
Yeah the "just a ruby" reminds me of a room my DM described. I mean the party walked in. He says you see two statues, one holding a shiny gem and the other one in pieces
3 weeks ago | 1
I'm actually a fan of using shocking grasp as a defibrillator lol. I'd say that's advantage on the medical check
3 weeks ago | 0
So I had an Artificer with Spare the Dying, Shocking Grasp, and the Lightning Launcher and I flavored it as being differently amped output levels from the Power Armor.
3 weeks ago
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That DM with the ruby one reminds me of my 2nd character I ever made. I had a warforged ranger I made perceptive as f. His main contribution to the party was basically being a sort of scout/trap detector/bloodhound. I noticed that warforged don't sleep, ergo, I let my friends sleep through the night, putting myself in stasis at the campfire still aware of my surroundings. DM just says "a pack of wolves descend on you", no perception roll, no nothing, just "you are ambushed". Rather than argue because I really didn't like the guy I just let it happen and I roll well during combat so it's whatever, but man that guy really soured DND for me. DMs that try too hard to make something happen or just say "this happens cause I say so" are the actual worst.
2 weeks ago | 0
I remember seeing a meme about the Skaven in Warhammer and I am inclined to now call Sending Stones, Far Squeakers
3 weeks ago | 2
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