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    D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties

    And, just as a point, here's a thread from 2006, talking about exactly this: https://www.enworld.org/threads/grounding-players-in-a-setting.172483/
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    D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties

    I'm really not following how right or wrong enters into this? We're talking about play preferences. Are you saying my play preferences are wrong? And, in case anyone thinks I'm ragging on my current crop of players, that's very much not true. I remember back in the early 2000's, running a...
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    D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties

    Heh. The flaming sphere thing is actually pretty easy because it's not a monster. Which is why I adore the new 2024 summoning spells. SOOOO much easier to run. But, that's the point. You're coming in at the tail end of all of this. Phandelver, other than "please be something from Forgotten...
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    D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties

    One guy? What's that like? Me? I've spent years with experiences far closer to @DammitVictor than not. From the player in a high concept, post-humanist SF game who wants to play an Amish luddite in the group of high tech robot people, bioengineered spacers and the like, to players who, as a...
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    D&D 5E (2024) GMs: How long should it usually take to go from level 1 to 4?

    The funny thing about milestones, from my own experience, is that xp or milestones don't really make a whole lot of different. The party levels up at exactly the same rate. I mean, look at this thread, most of us can ballpark how many sessions it's going to take to hit level 4 before play has...
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    LOL. And sometimes you unblock someone and discover that they are still stalking you several years later. Some people really, really have a tough time letting things go.
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    Wow. That's not frustrating. I made exactly those arguments a while ago. And by exact, I mean that you're quoting the same stuff that I quoted. I got absolutely dogpiled by the same people who are agreeing with you. :erm:
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    D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting

    Nope. They don't. There are exactly ZERO dragonborn in Greenest. That's the problem. But, yeah, I'm getting the feeling that people are just arguing with me rather than the points I'm making, so, I'll be bowing out now. You all have a good day now. It's rather a shame that a perfectly...
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    D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting

    So, because you have no known biological relatives, it is impossible for everyone to have them? e
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    D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting

    And I said exactly that. Making stuff up is not really a problem. I am capable. Thanks. But, the point is, the background that is made up is 100% generic because you can't actually have any history in that place without rewriting that place, and I'm not the DM. It's not like I can...
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    D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting

    If you think it takes air travel to travel the world in less than months, well, I don't really know what to say. But, again, being able to be from "parts unknown" is perfectly fine. No problems. But, that should not be the ONLY option for a PHB PC. Those people in Surrey have families and...
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    D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting

    You're STILL missing the point. Yes, being a fish out of water character is perfectly viable. Having a character from parts unknown is perfectly fine. It should not be the default for a PHB option. It should not be the ONLY option for a PHB option. Again, name a dragonborn community in the...
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    D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting

    I imagine that you weren't born several months travel from London. I could be wrong, but, just guessing here.
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    D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties

    Yeah, I've tried that. And then every player comes forward and wants to play a "secret" elf or a Tiefling. The second I try to put any limitations, that's EXACTLY what people want to play. Next campaign, I'm banning fighters just to see what the players do. :D
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    D&D 5E (2024) WotC Should Make 5.5E Specific Setting

    Let's see if I can use some personal anecdotes to get my point across better. Some time ago, I was a player in a Hoard of the Dragon Queen campaign. So, I made a dragonborn character, thinking that, well, in that campaign, that would make quite a lot of sense. So, I did my due diligence as a...
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