>>98416537
Because he wrote one of the earliest DnD settings that got widespread popularity due to multiple successful videogames and novels using it. He also keeps his fetish stuff mostly in the background. The average player isn't going to think too much about the in-universe travel guide making mention of the brothels, sorry, festhalls in each city it covers, and are likely to assume that the implication that some guests at said festhall wanting to fuck a giant spider is meant to be a cheeky joke. They don't know about all the deep lore about the flavor of each elf subrace's breastmilk and stuff (for the record, wood elf breastmilk has a minty taste, while drow is more mushroomy) because to find out that stuff you have to go digging deeper than what you get from videogames or splatbooks.

>>98416537
>What other examples are of this?
Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series doubles as his manifesto of objectivist libertarianism and as his femdom kink smut.

>>98416650
Minor correction: His setting got popular because as much people loved the Dragonlance novels it was hard to use it as a setting without retreading the same ground over and over again. As a result this guy who kept doing little articles and tales about his personal setting where it seems like 5000000 things are all happening at the same time, yet all of them on a scale that adventurers could just hop into, really caught on.
That's why FR started with the premise of no world ending plots, just localized events so there can be 1,001 adventures for 1,001 groups.

And also why I think a real sequel to BG2 would humorously be more about the economic issues caused by the Iron Throne, since the Bhaalspawn event would have been a thing that if you're not in the immediate area you probably thought it was just some mercenary armies clashing and people exaggerating about shit.

>>98416650
>for the record, wood elf breastmilk has a minty taste, while drow is more mushroomy
so their milk just matches the taste of what they usually eat?

>>98417043
Much like real life.

Barbarians of Lemuria has Beshaari people who are a desert barbarian take on Arabs. Their brown women are considered the sexiest of all in-universe and are much desired slave girls in other lands.

In Battletech they're all over the place but mostly concentrated in the not-Japanese faction
It's a daring synthesis

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Coriolis - Third Horizon is Arabian Nights in space.
The newest edition (Coriolis - The Great Dark) did a timeskip and is centered on expeditionary fleet which departed Third Horizon, and it is now Jules Verne in space.

>>98416969
You know what that's fair, my mistake. Please continue.

>>98417075
That's El Zorro the rpg territory.

>>98416797
>>98416558

Amusingly, Ed Greenwood is not that far off from history for how debauch medieval and early modern life was compared to Forgotten Realms. Modern pop culture often imagines medieval and early modern Europe through a Victorian lens. In reality, everyday life during those eras was far rowdier, earthier, and sexually casual than most people realize.

The bathhouses (stewhouses or bagnios) ubiquitous across 12th–15th century Europe weren't just for washing; they were major social hubs. Men and women frequently bathed, drank, ate, and mingled together, and many doubled as brothels.

Survival sex work, engaging in sexual commerce to meet basic needs like food, shelter, and immediate income, was widespreads amongst the low-class commoners. Full time prostitutes where a minority. Even then, prostitution in medieval cities was heavily regulated, taxed, and integrated into civic life. In London, the famous Southwark brothels were actually owned and licensed by the Bishop of Winchester (giving sex workers the popular nickname "Winchester Geese").

Feasts like the Feast of Fools and seasonal carnivals featured wild public drinking, satirical role reversals, bawdy songs, and openly suggestive street theater. Bawdy humor was embedded in popular literature like Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and Boccaccio’s Decameron.

Where the Realms diverge from history is stuff like sex-positive, egalitarian, and LGTBI stuff. Sodomy (which included any reproductive sexual act), adultery, and religious non-conformity could carry legal, social, and spiritual penalties although that could vary a lot from region to region and could go from a slap on the wrist or a confession to more serious stuff.

Of course, fater late-medieval/early-Renaissance hedonism, the late 15th and 16th centuries saw a massive shutdown of bathhouses and a wave of social puritanism, driven by both the Protestant Reformation/Counter-Reformation and a devastating global outbreak of syphilis.

>>98416802

>Sodomy (which included any reproductive sexual act)

which included any non-reproductive sexual act

>>98416804
Is sex with contraceptives sodomy?

>>98417971

If it is vaginal, it is not sodomy. It is Onanism.

Sodomy strictly required specific mechanical acts: namely anal sex, oral sex, or bestiality.

>>98417971
No contraception is completely pregnancy-proof. If fate or Murphy's law applies, pregnancy will occur regardless of people's desires and intention. Sodomy followed a logic of principle; you cannot impregnate a mouth, animal or an anus no matter what. So the act itself is infertile.

>>98402465
I did this.
It was really fun for the table because I’m particularly good at it.
But my homie running the game basically gave up all interest in DMing after that and I feel like I unfairly took something from him he was really ready for. He never shows his disappointment but I can tell it changed the way he looked at things afterward. Of course he’d eventually have to suffer stupid player every once in awhile and learn to deal but he didn’t deserve an advanced fuckwit at their peak derailing his fist attempt at running a table; especially considering he’s one of the more impartial and thoughtful players we had

>>98394911
What do you mean by "the villain"?

>>98394911
I don't mind players interrupting them. It gains them no advantage, since the villain is right there looking at them and talking is a free action in most systems, not just D&D. But it is gratifying to cut off an obnoxious narcissist mid-sentence, I'm sure. This does occasionally backfire, one villain I had got so upset at one of the PCs being rude that he went from intending to take it easy to start to furiously using all of his power. Got them pretty dinged up.

>>98394911
>Most players
How tf do you know what "most players" do? In either case, even if you did somehow have magical spyware on all RP tables that allowed you to actually know it was most players, the solution is the same anyway: get better players. There is no mechanism where you can force your players to have patience that will also be appreciated by said players. Either they want to hear the monologue, or they don't. If they do you wouldn't have a problem, and if they don't, forcing them will not result in anything worthwhile.

>>98394911
Traditional games?

>>98419996
You're trying way too hard to miss the point, anon. I'm not even the original poster complaining about nonbinary orks, but the fact that you and I are even having this little tête-à-tête means we both knew what he meant even if it's not perfectly accurate language. Don't make me tap the sign.
>spoiler
This is like the third time you've tried this in the last few threads alone and you've never once gotten it right. You're not as smart as you think you are.

>>98420006
not even at image limit tard

>>98419999
I personally think it's because they were trying to give each faction a poster boy color that doesn't clash with the other poster boys and is preferably vibrant. Black Legion already had black so orks got shifted to Bad Moons Yellow (which also provides good contrast against Ultras) and tau got switched to white because it pops better against other armies. Though I've noticed they have started keeping a few separate schemes in reserve so they can pit any army against the big space marines chapters with it still looking good.

>>98419274
>bad writing
Truth nuke

>>98420013
There is a new throoder, it seems.

>>98392379
Reminds me of the time the party wizard attempted to infiltrate the bad guy's house by knocking out the butler and stealing his clothes.
The wizard was black and the butler was white.

>>98393343
>Drow would be the ones to raise a stink to HR
I haven't been keeping up with their current lore, but aren't they still basically a walking talking HR violation to the comical extreme?
Or did WotC recon literally all of their lore?

>>98411219
Did they play hitman, because that sounds like the logic of those game video games.

>>98397301
>Find games with anyone under 50 with any other system, I'll wait.
I managed to luck out and play Shadow of the Demon Lord and even got people to quit another 5e campaign that was happened. We are all in 20's
The world is healing, just not this board.

>>98411219
disguise self is 1st level spell, this would be totally irrelevant to a wizard unless he didn't have disguise self?

>>98418342
Dont have one yet.
Tommorow mornin ill make something

>>98417208
Konosuba style fantasy world

>>98411905
Goblin Slayer style fantasy world.

>>98419259
Stupid question. Can the request involve sumo wrestling?

>>98419259
If you don't mind a bit of a samey follow up req:
What >>98359401 asked, a colorless post sex sketch but a sequel to >>98315300
Feel free to ignore if it's too samey

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>>98287531
Can I request a picture of my intentionally edgy-looking robot assassin?

Do I need to explain why he's a warforged warlock that looks like this, or can I just say or GM is letting us go heavy with the flavor of our characters?

He's actually a kind of simple, intentionally edgy design: basic androgynous body/frame; he looks quite fragile, but is actually sturdy. He wears only two pieces of clothing: his black military hat and coat. The coat sleeves attach seamlessly at the elbows, and a brass cog-and-tri-hexagon badge is on his hat.

The rest of his visible body is painted to make it look like he is wearing a military uniform; his forearms and "boots" are slightly glossy black to mimic leather, and his legs are dull grey. His forearms are a little bulky, almost like Mega Man, as he has a similar weapon system, retracting his hands into his forearms and then extending a plasma blade emitter, or his blaster barrel.

-He used to be a to agent/assassin from an empire that was destroyed 200 years ago.
-He's currently working as a free agent, but has protocols to assign a new permanent master should he meet someone worthy (one of his personal goals - finding a worthy master)
-No longer wants to be a mindless killing machine, but is having a hard time fighting those natural urges. Gave a little girl a flower, before asking if she would enjoy him dismembering the remainder of the invasive flora.

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>>98405295
>But more importantly it's because Paladin is literally European Samurai
I can't come up with a counter argument to this

>>98405295
Your prose is as annoying to read as your misuse of the word "literally"
>There's a rule for Paladin falling and losing all Powers... it's meant to be used!
Yeah, when the paladin ceases to be good and righteous, he ceases to be a paladin. It's to stop players from thinking of the paladin as "the healer" or "the better fighter"
>that's literally Cinema!
No, it's literally an RPG mechanic.
>It's Chekov's Gun!
No. So many DMs do this that playing a paladin in older editions of D&D is an uphill battle and it makes your players not want to play at your table. It has lead to some players over-correcting and having their paladin do nothing so that the DM can't put them into such situations. Honestly, inaction in the face of evil should make a paladin fall just as much as choosing to do evil. Not choosing to fight one evil over another, not tricking him into doing something evil, not just for plot convenience.
>>98411457
>>But more importantly it's because Paladin is literally European Samurai
Again, misuse of "literally"
The romanticism surrounding bushi and knights errant is a cultural equivalent, not exactly the same thing.

>>98411866
ur full of shit lmfao

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>>98405295
>Paladin is literally European Samurai.

>>98405318
Like >>98405348 says, OP is a retard unworthy of your time. I see this writing style and my eyes glaze over. No need to consider things any further.

>>98419420
>>98419420
>>98419420
New thread

>>98419425
>that OP pic
the furry can't help himself anymore i see

>>98418420
Totally disagree. My buddy has a ninja tribal yuriko deck and it's just fine, runs with the lot of them in our 2/3 pods. Kinnan I can't see being any different.

>>98418710
I don't know what the question is. Having training grounds out would reduce his abikity to only cost 3. Are you aaking if that's worth it? Cause that depends entirely on how your deck is built.

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>>98418898
but do you understand that in a 5 color deck using green cards like Farseek or Nature's Lore or even rampant growth is a really good idea?

thats why 5c likes to lean into green. Plus green you can stay on brand with Avacyn's Pilgrim in your case

note how in 5c deck green also gets all these efficient mana dorks, Pilgrim, Birds, Llanowar, elves of deep shadow etc

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Is Rogue Mastermind a fun non-magical support class? I didn't enjoy the vibe of playing as a Bard

>>98419552
its pretty kickass if you love playing support and having a free give allies help action with lots of fun roleplay potential and sharp thinking, your teammates will love you for all the attacks made with advantage you're giving them

usually help action in combat is only like 5ft, but its range is massively extended with mastermind, it's amazing!

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>>98419576
I tried Glamor Bard for my (half) yuan-ti pureblood and just didn't like how limiting the spells were for the vibe I was going for and figured "Hell, her mom and dad are rogues, she might as well be one as well"

New thread
>>98419655
>>98419655
>>98419655

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>>98419625
>>98419552
awesome art! this is my mastermind, a kobold fella

when you use the help action to aid an ally in attacking a creature, the target of that attack can be within 30ft of you, providing it can see and hear you

This is excellent for urban close range combat, and means stuff like, you can distract the enemy , feint attacks, create sounds, kick over furniture, pick up and throw stuff at enemies like dust, pebbles, torches, get something reflective and catch the light to blind them momentarily

or you could just yell insults at the enemy, or flirt with them. Combine this with the master of intrigue and you're mimicing the enemy commander's voice perfectly 'this is a bad fight, retreat!'

you can shout out weaknesses for your allies, opening in armours, bad combat stances and balance.

or you can just yell shit to your allies that encourages them 'lathander is watching, show em what you can do!' etc etc.

imagination is your limit, and it's fun to think these things up before your turn arrives

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Jaws of the Six Serpents.

>>98412558
Not excellent for any long term play but I always recommend dread for singular event nights (one-offs, boss fights). Providing your players aren’t apt to complain about “my stats”, the mechanic forces characters to take increasing risks to accomplish actions, and the irl suspense of pulling jenga blocks is much more tense than rolling for damage. Plus you can use whatever system you have as a basis for the “survey” that informs the ref how many or few pulls they need to accomplish a task (fighting man with CTE pulls less to hurt things, more to maintain compute in a simple disagreement)

Quick example: players are fighting a giant snake

Ref: “enormous fangs the size of butcher’s knives leap from the dark!”
P1-I’m not in a good position to dodge anything, I’ll try to grab the fangs and hold them.”

>Pull-success
Ref- “you drop everything and stop their lethal tips an inch from your chest, translucent venom drips onto your chest plate.”

>pull-failure (abandon):
Ref- “You drop everything but you flinch and catch one of the fangs with an open palm. The venom immediately blinds you with searing pain as you grip the other securely.”

Pull-failure(knockdown)

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>>98412558
prowlers and paragons.

>>98417441
holy storyshitter LOL

>>98412558
Dungeon Fantasy
Your party starts at "fight multiple ogres" and can scale infinitely.

>What if I heckin inverted a trope arent I smart and quirky?
Daring, borderline experimental even.

>>98411951
>black
>prob. racist
Black people can not be racist, you doofus.

>>98413236
Is that why you're such a terrible person?

>>98416851
>oh cool they made orcs a core race instead of those half breed faggots, let's see how the art looks li-

>>98411951
Wasn't this thread deleted?
I remember clicking on this image and a deleted message appeared.

How do you set up high level pregens?
Do you pre-select spells? If so, do you tell the players to check if they're cool with those? How do you assign magical items? Do you roll the chart as many times as needed dungeons to reach that level and then spread the items rationally? Do you pick your favorites or ones that will fit the module?

>>98413465
>Do you pre-select spells?
Yes.

>If so, do you tell the players to check if they're cool with those?
No. The point of pregens is to start playing right away

>How do you assign magical items?
The DMG and ACKS II both have rules for that. I use those.

>Do you pick your favorites or ones that will fit the module?
Generally speaking, no. There's no reason for PCs to have the right magic items for the job.

>>98413465

Definitely pre-select. If you're doing pregens, it's either a time issue or a complexity issue, and in both cases you're helping by addressing spell selection ahead of time.

>>98412899
It really annoys me that the item categories aren't ordered in falling order of rarity.

>>98413465
High level pregens fora module or something else?
Is the module made to be dropped into settings, which seems harder to do at higher level unless you're going into sailors on the sea of fate metacosmic stuff, or is it a tournament see how far you get sort of module?
The first would be a bit less concerned with making sure there were enough available resources in spells and magic items to succeed as the players would be able to explore the world the module is dropped into and gather more resources to return with. If its a short run, having more intentional design is likely a better choice in terms of making a successful experience that still provides challenges but doesn't make it impossible, ie no means of gaining access to areas.

>>98416884
kino build

>>98417125
Verdant deals with the body more than the soul, doesn't it?

>>98419196
My only problem with it was the high levels of fanfiction. It's really painful reading that kind of stuff.
I still like his CYOAs tho.

>>98418810
Yeah I'm still updating everything... been at it on and off for the last couple of days. Figured I'd ask and get him sorted out. Thanks for the help.

>>98418882
is this by CityAnon or Nyarlathotep?

>>98415738
FNORD
GURPS is the best RPG bar none
FNORD

>>98413109
>play B/X, OD&D, or any number of clones
>swap rodents for player races/classes
>swap large animals for similar monsters
Whew! Tough.

>>98417092
>anon is looking for mechanical depth
>recommend fucking old D&D which has zero mechanical depth
What's next, gonna recommend FATE?

>>98413109
>Im also entirely put off by Ironclaws art style to give it a fair shake.
Your loss, then. Despite the art quality, Ironclaw is played EXTREMELY straight in terms of its lore, political factions, and trying to be somewhat period accurate despite the magic and talking animals. And it’s a decent system mechanically. It’s really one of the best options for something Redwall adjacent, so if you’re avoiding it because of superficial hangups that literally do not influence how you play the game, then accept you’ll be searching for your ideal game forever.

>>98413109
Screwball pick.
Try Errant RPG.