#dnd55e — Public Fediverse posts
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[P] And yes, there's heaps of sexism still baked into D&D.
The two opposing dragon gods, for example:
Tiamat — Female: Evil; Vindictive; Spiteful; Manipulative; Scheming; Demonic.
Bahamut — Male: Good; Noble; Protective; Kind; Charming; Saintly.So any inclusiveness D&D has is surface kevel and shallow. Gygax was a racist, sexist, biological determinist arsehole and so much of his poison haunts D&D. They've barely fixed that.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e
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[P] And seeing that they're going digital with a subscription model? It clicked. The closest modern experience to those '80s cartoons is a certain era of mobile games. For the younger out there, reading this, it might help to say D&D by way of Candg Crush. It isn't even inckusive, either. So much of Gygax's detestabke sexism is still baked into this digital subscription live service product. I don't like what that suggests.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e
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[P] It feels like D&D is weaponising that shallow advert-aesthetic. It's focus-tested. It's designed to get dopamine pumping, to have the lab rats feel rewarded just by looking at it. It isn't taking risks! It has no identity, because if one had an identity, one might not cast the widest net. This is what those '80s cartoons did. Some compare it with Marvel's "capeshit," but it's so much more shallow than even that.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e
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[P] It looks like advertising! It has the aesthetic of advertising. It's hard to articulate to anyone who hadn't had the unfortunate experience of the '80s. I was so glad when we were done with that. It's why I use really shallow toy cartoons as a touchstine. You know the sort, not few good ones like BraveStarr, Ulysses 31, or Willy Fog. No. I mean like Mask, Visionaries, and their ilk. Literal 20 minute ads for kids.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e
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[P] What an awful dystopia we live in. The reason why the 3.5E era is looked upon fondly is because it was artist-driven. They needed someone to drag them out of the testosterone-pumped, sexist, Conan shit of 2E. It was a shift that actually began in late 2E, funnily enough, but it peaked around 3.5E. 3.5E had this cohesive dungeonpunk aesthetic because it was artist driven. 5.5E has me expecting in-Universe ad billboards.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e
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[P] I've been trying to pin down why I dislike the D&D 5.5E artstyle so much. I'm an amateur artist with a wife who's so talented, so I do pick up things. In my twilight though I'm not always sure I have the vocabulary for it. But thwn I saw someone use a descriptor that hit me like a tonne of bricks. "Focus-tested." I mean, yes, it's soulless and so homogeneous, but it's so much worse than that. It's corporate-by-design.
#psychology #actuallyautistic #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e
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[P] Whuf...
Hasbro CEO: I'm a huuuuge fan of AI! I use AI in all of my D&D campaigns! AI rules! AI rocks! Bros with Krafton forevs! But... we definitely don't use it for Magic and D&D art, even if analytical tools say we do!
Hasdrones: We believe and obey you, Beloved Corporate Overlord.One would think they'd learn eventually. One would really think they'd learn.
#psychology #dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #magicthegathering #genai #aiart
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[P] Whuf...
Hasbro CEO: I'm a huuuuge fan of AI! I use AI in all of my D&D campaigns! AI rules! AI rocks! Bros with Krafton forevs! But... we definitely don't use it for Magic and D&D art, even if analytical tools say we do!
Hasdrones: We believe and obey you, Beloved Corporate Overlord.One would think they'd learn eventually. One would really think they'd learn.
#psychology #dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #magicthegathering #genai #aiart
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[P] Whuf...
Hasbro CEO: I'm a huuuuge fan of AI! I use AI in all of my D&D campaigns! AI rules! AI rocks! Bros with Krafton forevs! But... we definitely don't use it for Magic and D&D art, even if analytical tools say we do!
Hasdrones: We believe and obey you, Beloved Corporate Overlord.One would think they'd learn eventually. One would really think they'd learn.
#psychology #dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #magicthegathering #genai #aiart
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[P] Whuf...
Hasbro CEO: I'm a huuuuge fan of AI! I use AI in all of my D&D campaigns! AI rules! AI rocks! Bros with Krafton forevs! But... we definitely don't use it for Magic and D&D art, even if analytical tools say we do!
Hasdrones: We believe and obey you, Beloved Corporate Overlord.One would think they'd learn eventually. One would really think they'd learn.
#psychology #dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #magicthegathering #genai #aiart
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[P] Whuf...
Hasbro CEO: I'm a huuuuge fan of AI! I use AI in all of my D&D campaigns! AI rules! AI rocks! Bros with Krafton forevs! But... we definitely don't use it for Magic and D&D art, even if analytical tools say we do!
Hasdrones: We believe and obey you, Beloved Corporate Overlord.One would think they'd learn eventually. One would really think they'd learn.
#psychology #dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #magicthegathering #genai #aiart
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[P] Welp. There's a number of D&D 5.5E pieces I'd swear are AI generated or heavily "assisted," it's been eating at my brain. I recently came across Decopy.ai which provides detailed, reasoned reports on whether a picture is AI or not. I ran a number of my partner's pieces through it (that I watched them create). 0% AI, cool. I liked how logical the breakdown was. The D&D pieces? All 83% and up, one was 97%. I bloody knew it.
#dnd55e #dnd2024 #dungeonsanddragons #wizardsofthecoast #art #ai
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[P] Welp. There's a number of D&D 5.5E pieces I'd swear are AI generated or heavily "assisted," it's been eating at my brain. I recently came across Decopy.ai which provides detailed, reasoned reports on whether a picture is AI or not. I ran a number of my partner's pieces through it (that I watched them create). 0% AI, cool. I liked how logical the breakdown was. The D&D pieces? All 83% and up, one was 97%. I bloody knew it.
#dnd55e #dnd2024 #dungeonsanddragons #wizardsofthecoast #art #ai
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[P] Hasbro sees D&D 5e as a commercial flop, so they're pulling more money out of WotC to pump it into their wunderkind, Magic: the Gathering. They see M:tG as their only real moneymaker in the fantasy space, so their last ditch effort is to turn D&D into a licensing brand. What I really want is for WotC to sell D&D after the licensing initiative fails (which it will). That's the only hope I hold for D&D's future.
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] Hasbro sees D&D 5e as a commercial flop, so they're pulling more money out of WotC to pump it into their wunderkind, Magic: the Gathering. They see M:tG as their only real moneymaker in the fantasy space, so their last ditch effort is to turn D&D into a licensing brand. What I really want is for WotC to sell D&D after the licensing initiative fails (which it will). That's the only hope I hold for D&D's future.
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] Hasbro sees D&D 5e as a commercial flop, so they're pulling more money out of WotC to pump it into their wunderkind, Magic: the Gathering. They see M:tG as their only real moneymaker in the fantasy space, so their last ditch effort is to turn D&D into a licensing brand. What I really want is for WotC to sell D&D after the licensing initiative fails (which it will). That's the only hope I hold for D&D's future.
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] Hasbro sees D&D 5e as a commercial flop, so they're pulling more money out of WotC to pump it into their wunderkind, Magic: the Gathering. They see M:tG as their only real moneymaker in the fantasy space, so their last ditch effort is to turn D&D into a licensing brand. What I really want is for WotC to sell D&D after the licensing initiative fails (which it will). That's the only hope I hold for D&D's future.
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] I want actual progressiveness in D&D. Give me a fat, good, culturally gay dragon, you cowards. I'd love that as an.important poster character for D&D. We won't ever get that, though, because D&D is mired in right-leaning traditionalist regressivrness. The players often (often!) try to fix that, but it shouldn't be our job. It just makes me want a better game to replace D&D. And I might not have long to wait, frankly...
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] I want actual progressiveness in D&D. Give me a fat, good, culturally gay dragon, you cowards. I'd love that as an.important poster character for D&D. We won't ever get that, though, because D&D is mired in right-leaning traditionalist regressivrness. The players often (often!) try to fix that, but it shouldn't be our job. It just makes me want a better game to replace D&D. And I might not have long to wait, frankly...
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] I want actual progressiveness in D&D. Give me a fat, good, culturally gay dragon, you cowards. I'd love that as an.important poster character for D&D. We won't ever get that, though, because D&D is mired in right-leaning traditionalist regressivrness. The players often (often!) try to fix that, but it shouldn't be our job. It just makes me want a better game to replace D&D. And I might not have long to wait, frankly...
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] I want actual progressiveness in D&D. Give me a fat, good, culturally gay dragon, you cowards. I'd love that as an.important poster character for D&D. We won't ever get that, though, because D&D is mired in right-leaning traditionalist regressivrness. The players often (often!) try to fix that, but it shouldn't be our job. It just makes me want a better game to replace D&D. And I might not have long to wait, frankly...
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] I recall 2e/3e dragons being so chonky because being fat wasn't always a sin in D&D. It feels like things should get more progressive with time. I mean, granted, they've made some superficial passes at LGBTQ+, but I see that as corporate cynicism as they've never gone all in with that support. A character being coded omnisexual doesn't give them authentic gay/lesbian culture, BG3 had not a single actual gay, just omnisexual straights.
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] I recall 2e/3e dragons being so chonky because being fat wasn't always a sin in D&D. It feels like things should get more progressive with time. I mean, granted, they've made some superficial passes at LGBTQ+, but I see that as corporate cynicism as they've never gone all in with that support. A character being coded omnisexual doesn't give them authentic gay/lesbian culture, BG3 had not a single actual gay, just omnisexual straights.
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] I recall 2e/3e dragons being so chonky because being fat wasn't always a sin in D&D. It feels like things should get more progressive with time. I mean, granted, they've made some superficial passes at LGBTQ+, but I see that as corporate cynicism as they've never gone all in with that support. A character being coded omnisexual doesn't give them authentic gay/lesbian culture, BG3 had not a single actual gay, just omnisexual straights.
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] I recall 2e/3e dragons being so chonky because being fat wasn't always a sin in D&D. It feels like things should get more progressive with time. I mean, granted, they've made some superficial passes at LGBTQ+, but I see that as corporate cynicism as they've never gone all in with that support. A character being coded omnisexual doesn't give them authentic gay/lesbian culture, BG3 had not a single actual gay, just omnisexual straights.
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] This isn't new for WotC, either.
https://buttondown.com/TayoWrites/archive/dungeons-and-diets/
Apparently Larian was so upset with WotC's tampering that they've sworn they'll never make another D&D game. I don't think fantasy should be anything-phobic, but WotC is fatphobic on the regular. I want to say this started around mid-4E from what I remember, and it's juat gotten worse since then. It's really put me off D&D. Doing it to the dragons was the last straw.
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] This isn't new for WotC, either.
https://buttondown.com/TayoWrites/archive/dungeons-and-diets/
Apparently Larian was so upset with WotC's tampering that they've sworn they'll never make another D&D game. I don't think fantasy should be anything-phobic, but WotC is fatphobic on the regular. I want to say this started around mid-4E from what I remember, and it's juat gotten worse since then. It's really put me off D&D. Doing it to the dragons was the last straw.
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] This isn't new for WotC, either.
https://buttondown.com/TayoWrites/archive/dungeons-and-diets/
Apparently Larian was so upset with WotC's tampering that they've sworn they'll never make another D&D game. I don't think fantasy should be anything-phobic, but WotC is fatphobic on the regular. I want to say this started around mid-4E from what I remember, and it's juat gotten worse since then. It's really put me off D&D. Doing it to the dragons was the last straw.
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] This isn't new for WotC, either.
https://buttondown.com/TayoWrites/archive/dungeons-and-diets/
Apparently Larian was so upset with WotC's tampering that they've sworn they'll never make another D&D game. I don't think fantasy should be anything-phobic, but WotC is fatphobic on the regular. I want to say this started around mid-4E from what I remember, and it's juat gotten worse since then. It's really put me off D&D. Doing it to the dragons was the last straw.
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] I still can't forgive WotC for bringing American beauty standards—of all the vile things—to Dungeons & Dragons, where good has to be anaemic. The new gold dragon is now a poster-child for vomit-don't-eat while evil dragons get chonkier. Typical. It makes me want a progressive European replacement for D&D. 5.5e broadcasts "Good people aren't fat! Baddies are!" with SO much of its art, it isn't even just the dragons. WotC has a problem.
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] I still can't forgive WotC for bringing American beauty standards—of all the vile things—to Dungeons & Dragons, where good has to be anaemic. The new gold dragon is now a poster-child for vomit-don't-eat while evil dragons get chonkier. Typical. It makes me want a progressive European replacement for D&D. 5.5e broadcasts "Good people aren't fat! Baddies are!" with SO much of its art, it isn't even just the dragons. WotC has a problem.
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] I still can't forgive WotC for bringing American beauty standards—of all the vile things—to Dungeons & Dragons, where good has to be anaemic. The new gold dragon is now a poster-child for vomit-don't-eat while evil dragons get chonkier. Typical. It makes me want a progressive European replacement for D&D. 5.5e broadcasts "Good people aren't fat! Baddies are!" with SO much of its art, it isn't even just the dragons. WotC has a problem.
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] I still can't forgive WotC for bringing American beauty standards—of all the vile things—to Dungeons & Dragons, where good has to be anaemic. The new gold dragon is now a poster-child for vomit-don't-eat while evil dragons get chonkier. Typical. It makes me want a progressive European replacement for D&D. 5.5e broadcasts "Good people aren't fat! Baddies are!" with SO much of its art, it isn't even just the dragons. WotC has a problem.
#fatphobia #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #dnd55e #ttrpg
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[P] My partner is an artist, I'm an aspiring one, and I've spoken with other artists about this. For everyone I spoke to, 3E/3.5E had the best art with its dungeon-punk vibe, 5E comes in second place and... the rest isn't all that great, to be honest. 3E/3.5E also had thr chubbiest dragons, and dragons who actually decorated themselves and wore clothes (see: Council of Wyrms)! Because dragons are sapient, not feral, ao of course they would.
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #55e #art
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[P] My partner is an artist, I'm an aspiring one, and I've spoken with other artists about this. For everyone I spoke to, 3E/3.5E had the best art with its dungeon-punk vibe, 5E comes in second place and... the rest isn't all that great, to be honest. 3E/3.5E also had thr chubbiest dragons, and dragons who actually decorated themselves and wore clothes (see: Council of Wyrms)! Because dragons are sapient, not feral, ao of course they would.
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #55e #art
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[P] My partner is an artist, I'm an aspiring one, and I've spoken with other artists about this. For everyone I spoke to, 3E/3.5E had the best art with its dungeon-punk vibe, 5E comes in second place and... the rest isn't all that great, to be honest. 3E/3.5E also had thr chubbiest dragons, and dragons who actually decorated themselves and wore clothes (see: Council of Wyrms)! Because dragons are sapient, not feral, ao of course they would.
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #55e #art
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[P] But 5.5E doesn't feel like it has room for me and my shenanigans. It's "epyk warrrrrgh" with lots of mans who want to stab the other mans, then whore it up in an inn later. And... i'm just not about that. If this is kind of a back-amf-forth though? Maybe the whimsy will return for 6E and D&D will be something I caj actually enjoy again. And if I can dream, maybe they'll stop being nauseatingly fatphobic and let me have my chubby dragons back.
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #55e #art
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[P] But 5.5E doesn't feel like it has room for me and my shenanigans. It's "epyk warrrrrgh" with lots of mans who want to stab the other mans, then whore it up in an inn later. And... i'm just not about that. If this is kind of a back-amf-forth though? Maybe the whimsy will return for 6E and D&D will be something I caj actually enjoy again. And if I can dream, maybe they'll stop being nauseatingly fatphobic and let me have my chubby dragons back.
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #55e #art
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[P] But 5.5E doesn't feel like it has room for me and my shenanigans. It's "epyk warrrrrgh" with lots of mans who want to stab the other mans, then whore it up in an inn later. And... i'm just not about that. If this is kind of a back-amf-forth though? Maybe the whimsy will return for 6E and D&D will be something I caj actually enjoy again. And if I can dream, maybe they'll stop being nauseatingly fatphobic and let me have my chubby dragons back.
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #55e #art
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[P] But 5.5E doesn't feel like it has room for me and my shenanigans. It's "epyk warrrrrgh" with lots of mans who want to stab the other mans, then whore it up in an inn later. And... i'm just not about that. If this is kind of a back-amf-forth though? Maybe the whimsy will return for 6E and D&D will be something I caj actually enjoy again. And if I can dream, maybe they'll stop being nauseatingly fatphobic and let me have my chubby dragons back.
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #55e #art
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[P] I remember the DM threw in a bunch of undead just so the God of Diplomacy couldn't talk his way out of this one. See, I fevoted my entire build to that, I had no capacity for combat. And I'm really, really lucky with dice rolls, which is how we left the big bad's domain alive with our treasure. I kept rolling 18s and up, I even got an "Are you fucking serious right now?" out of the DM. See, that's what roleplaying is. It's being creative and clever.
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #55e #art
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[P] I remember the DM threw in a bunch of undead just so the God of Diplomacy couldn't talk his way out of this one. See, I fevoted my entire build to that, I had no capacity for combat. And I'm really, really lucky with dice rolls, which is how we left the big bad's domain alive with our treasure. I kept rolling 18s and up, I even got an "Are you fucking serious right now?" out of the DM. See, that's what roleplaying is. It's being creative and clever.
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #55e #art
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[P] I remember the DM threw in a bunch of undead just so the God of Diplomacy couldn't talk his way out of this one. See, I fevoted my entire build to that, I had no capacity for combat. And I'm really, really lucky with dice rolls, which is how we left the big bad's domain alive with our treasure. I kept rolling 18s and up, I even got an "Are you fucking serious right now?" out of the DM. See, that's what roleplaying is. It's being creative and clever.
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #55e #art
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[P] I remember the DM threw in a bunch of undead just so the God of Diplomacy couldn't talk his way out of this one. See, I fevoted my entire build to that, I had no capacity for combat. And I'm really, really lucky with dice rolls, which is how we left the big bad's domain alive with our treasure. I kept rolling 18s and up, I even got an "Are you fucking serious right now?" out of the DM. See, that's what roleplaying is. It's being creative and clever.
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #55e #art
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[P] I remember the DM threw in a bunch of undead just so the God of Diplomacy couldn't talk his way out of this one. See, I fevoted my entire build to that, I had no capacity for combat. And I'm really, really lucky with dice rolls, which is how we left the big bad's domain alive with our treasure. I kept rolling 18s and up, I even got an "Are you fucking serious right now?" out of the DM. See, that's what roleplaying is. It's being creative and clever.
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #55e #art
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[P] The best campaign I was ever a part of was one where I had the ultimate diplomat. I convinced door guards that I was a wealthy investor to skip an entire dungeon, and we beat the campaign by me pointing out the logical flaws in the big bad's plan and giving him a better plan! Our goal was an item from his treasure as we were mercs, which he gladly gave to us and allowed us to leave! The party was in stitches. It was hilarious.
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #55e #art
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[P] The best campaign I was ever a part of was one where I had the ultimate diplomat. I convinced door guards that I was a wealthy investor to skip an entire dungeon, and we beat the campaign by me pointing out the logical flaws in the big bad's plan and giving him a better plan! Our goal was an item from his treasure as we were mercs, which he gladly gave to us and allowed us to leave! The party was in stitches. It was hilarious.
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #55e #art
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[P] The best campaign I was ever a part of was one where I had the ultimate diplomat. I convinced door guards that I was a wealthy investor to skip an entire dungeon, and we beat the campaign by me pointing out the logical flaws in the big bad's plan and giving him a better plan! Our goal was an item from his treasute as we were mercs, which he gladly gave to us and allowed us to leave! The party was in stitchws. It was hilarious.
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #55e #art
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[P] The best campaign I was ever a part of was one where I had the ultimate diplomat. I convinced door guards that I was a wealthy investor to skip an entire dungeon, and we beat the campaign by me pointing out the logical flaws in the big bad's plan and giving him a better plan! Our goal was an item from his treasure as we were mercs, which he gladly gave to us and allowed us to leave! The party was in stitches. It was hilarious.
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #55e #art
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[P] Craig Charles isn't a great person, I've heard, but ehat made both Lister and Kryten relatable is that neither was very masculine-coded. There's something so neurotypical and male to have "As many mens on the field as possible, killin' each othrr! Yeah!' And that's something 5.5E is really going for. It's very "epyk" and I'm just not interested. I prefer the whimsy and fun of D&D. All of my most memorable moments were of that, and being weird.
#dungeonsanddragons #dnd55e #55e #art
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