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But at this point simply seeing a wheelchair is apparently just as triggering for yall as those hypothetical 'dogwhistles' the wokies keep complaining about.

This ideological bullshit is so tedious.

Yes, pointing out how fucking stupid this crap is certainly is "triggering". Got it.
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The RPGPundit's Own Forum / Re: Greta is at it..AGAIN
« Last post by Brad on Today at 09:40:53 AM »
So, by only comparing lifetime emissions, you are conveniently leaving out the environmental harm done in the process of strip mining for the minerals needed to make the batteries to make the EVs.  You can't be unaware of this problem since GeekyBugle has brought it up several times in detail.  I can only conclude that you are being deliberately disingenuous and deliberately presenting a false view of the costs.  In short, you are arguing in bad faith again.

You're trying to argue with someone who knows fuckall about the subject matter and is simply using leftist talking points.
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One additional thing. They apparently missed the memo that 5+ page backstories filled with trauma dumping were supposed to be a joke.

Be quirky in return.

Play a human fighter with a wife, kids and extended family to support. He’s adventuring to get his family a better life. He has no interest in the other characters’ drama; he’s here to provide for his family and drama gets in the way of getting the job done so he can home and see them (also insist on plenty of downtime for precisely this reason).

A lot of the 5e groups I’ve experienced won’t have any idea what to do with that. It will (sadly, not literally) break their brains.

Actually not a bad idea. I might try this if I ever do another one shot where I’m the player.
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In a fantasy setting, a wheelchair bound PC would be an anomaly because of the various type of magical healing that is available. Even if the affliction is curse related, a Remove Curse spell would do the trick.

The ONLY exception to this would be a VERY special and exceptional case in which the wheelchair bound PC is specifically on a journey to cure him of the affliction. Something that is tied into the overall story of the campaign.

But that's just my two coppers.
I would argue your exception would not even apply. It would be cheaper and more dignified to travel via sedan with bearers. If a sedan is above your station, then just a couple of bearers with a hammock or seat between them. Probably much cheaper than a wheelchair and better movement over rough ground.

People forget that machines of convenience were rare until very recently. Human labor used to be much cheaper and more practical.

Sure. Fine. be it a wheelchair or bearers, We're splitting hairs here. The point I raise still is valid.
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Can you give a specific example?  I'm not sure what you mean here.

Play a human fighter with a wife, kids and extended family to support. He’s adventuring to get his family a better life. He has no interest in the other characters’ drama; he’s here to provide for his family and drama gets in the way of getting the job done so he can home and see them (also insist on plenty of downtime for precisely this reason).

Some players don't make backgrounds like this because there's a certain sort of GM that will punish them for it.  They will immediately kill off the family or have them kidnapped or something.
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Be quirky in return.

Play a human fighter with a wife, kids and extended family to support. He’s adventuring to get his family a better life. He has no interest in the other characters’ drama; he’s here to provide for his family and drama gets in the way of getting the job done so he can home and see them (also insist on plenty of downtime for precisely this reason).

A lot of the 5e groups I’ve experienced won’t have any idea what to do with that. It will (sadly, not literally) break their brains.
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I don't want to defend anyone at WOTC, but I actually agree with Perkins on this. If I were designing the game, I'd take it down to 4 base classes (Fighter, Cleric, Mage, Rogue) and make everything else a variant on one of those. Either through subclasses or by feat selection. Then again, I bailed out of the 5E ship years ago.
Even the Cleric is just a D&D-ism that is barely retained anyway as Bards now have Arcane healing.

All you really need are three classes; Fighter (fighty guy), Mage (casty guy) and Expert (skill guy); and free multi-classing between them.

Cleric is a Figher/Mage with a focus on healing spells. Paladin is also a Fighter/Mage with twice the levels in Fighter as Mage. Ranger is a Fighter/Expert with a focus on Nature, Barbarian is the same, but has way more levels in fighter than expert. Druid is a Mage with Nature/Shapeshifting focus. Etc.

Beyond that, you just need some subclass specifics like “Str vs. Dex based” Fighter options… with Rage, Unarmored Defense, and Unarmed strikes in the list somewhere for Fighter, Skill Tricks for the Expert (ex. Nature abilities, Mechanics/Locks/Traps, Social, Stealth), and spell school and/or power source focus for the Mage and you could more than cover all the D&D classes and have much broader options in general.
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I moved to another country for work. Now that I’m settled I played a one shot with a group I found in an expat group chat. I then joined a skyp call with some people from the chat who were pitching campaign and character ideas. Long story short, I want to die. It felt like most of them were actively trying to be “quirky”. I should have expected this, since the one shot used 5E, but I fear the chances of GMing a sane campaign is going to wither on the vine.
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The way WotC is marketing this is just weird.  It's like they are trying to have their cake and eat it too.  They want to make a new edition but they don't want to alienate all of the 5e players.  So it's 5e but it's also not 5e.  It's the same but different.  It's okay if things go away because they will still be there?  What the fuck?  Either it goes away or it doesn't go away.  Is it 5e again or is it different?  If it's 5e again, why does anyone need it?  Are they removing things or not?  Why can't they just tell us what this product is going to be?
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Congratulations Chris Perkins.  You have just “invented” Basic Fantasy Role Playing.
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