Recent content by borringman

That's understandable, but there's a flip side to this. I'd like to role-play social situations, but I have a social disability. I can't bluff or persuade any more than I can shoot fireballs from my fingertips. But I'll happily play a charismatic wizard on paper, because RPGs are all about...

Well then.

In general, I would think if you play a system and your resulting thought is, "I specifically want to do things that are not covered by these rules," odds are you are looking at a shoddy pile of rules, or at least, it's not the game you're looking for. Easier solution is, find a system that...

Sounds like fun. 'Round my parts if you suggest such a thing you get the "racist" label branded to your forehead, so I would like to emphasize that the reason to run a homogeneous group isn't to exclude the Cantina Effect for what it is, but for what it prevents. You can explore themes that...

Yeah, I get it, and I think the back half of my comment agrees with that. Hasbro didn't invent xenophilia; they just changed things to encourage it, because it sells player option supplements. For example, to get a little back on track, Bigfoot likely wouldn't be a "monster" these days, if...

I find that doubtful. The creators lived in a homogeneous part of the country and were openly racist. They didn't even want to include Tolkienfolk but gave in to popular demand. The 1st Edition PHB artwork is almost entirely white human men. Suffice to say, Bigfoot would've been a monster...

Do you mean American American, or stuff cooked up by all the immigrants & refugees that showed up starting from around the 1600s? Snark aside, I'm drawing a distinction because as anachronistic as it is, D&D is nominally about settings with Medieval tech levels, and "New World" demographics...