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Why would I read scribblings from Tolkien's math notebook?
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Kwyndig posted:Why would I read scribblings from Tolkien's math notebook? Because Chris Tolkien got to get paid, yo
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Mar 10, 2017 03:10
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Kwyndig posted:Why would I read scribblings from Tolkien's math notebook? Antivehicular posted:Because Chris Tolkien got to get paid, yo Look at these scrubs who probably couldn't even be bothered to learn Mercian.
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Mar 10, 2017 03:25
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LotR is the only geek thing more boring than anime. Both just suck terribly. Hope this helps.
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Mar 10, 2017 03:48
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Arivia posted:LotR is the only geek thing more boring than anime. Both just suck terribly. Hope this helps. - A Forgotten Realms Fan 
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Mar 10, 2017 03:56
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Arivia posted:LotR is the only geek thing more boring than anime. Both just suck terribly. Hope this helps. You know, there are easier ways to get clicks.
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Mar 10, 2017 04:01
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I love the poo poo out of LotR because it's awesome
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Mar 10, 2017 04:06
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Simian_Prime posted:- A Forgotten Realms Fan 
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Mar 10, 2017 04:08
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Simian_Prime posted:- A Forgotten Realms Fan I think we can all agree that Forgotten Realms is easily the most boring official D&D setting
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Mar 10, 2017 04:11
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drrockso20 posted:I think we can all agree that Forgotten Realms is easily the most boring official D&D setting Forgotten Realms vs Dragonlance is a real Sophie's Choice
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Mar 10, 2017 04:13
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The elves from the most recent Laundry novel are pretty good.
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Mar 10, 2017 04:13
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I'm going mostly off memory, but the big thing with Tolkein elves is that they cannot stop themselves. Once they've given an oath, or they make a passionate declaration, or they even just cared too much about something, it becomes an obsession for them. It doesn't matter what's in their way, and this is not in a rad or badass haha accomplish anything sense, but in the "they will eagerly murder their family on the spot" sort of way. Their "spirit" is also stronger then their actual body because they are not entirely physical beings, so you get stuff like elves literally dying because they were too emotional, or in the case of Feanor, who get so angry at their own approaching death that their body bursts into flames. After telling his sons, even though he knew that their mission would end in failure and misery, to hold true to their oaths.
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Mar 10, 2017 04:21
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I like TES elves because every race embodies a standard elf trope so hard that it becomes novel.
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Mar 10, 2017 04:38
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Hey N'wah you a S'wit or what?
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Mar 10, 2017 04:41
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drrockso20 posted:I think we can all agree that Forgotten Realms is easily the most boring official D&D setting How can it be the most boring? It has like ten goddamn kinds of elves! There are sun elves! Moon elves! Wingaling elves! Elves that are kind of like werewolves except just the cool "turn into a big rad dog" part and not the inconvenient cursed part!! FORGOTTEN ELFS
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Mar 10, 2017 04:42
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Elves in LotR are pretty nuanced, especially with how they damned everyone by holding onto their rings. I'm sure it's nowhere near the quality of the works of Elaine Cunningham and R.A. Salvatore though.
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Mar 10, 2017 04:45
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Drizzt could beat Gil-Galad in a fight
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Mar 10, 2017 04:47
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I love the Dunmers because even though they are the dark elves and their entire culture is based on being douches they are still the objectively less evil elves of TES lore
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Mar 10, 2017 04:54
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long-rear end nips Diane posted:Drizzt could beat Gil-Galad in a fight don't even start this poo poo i swear to god
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Mar 10, 2017 04:55
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drrockso20 posted:I think we can all agree that Forgotten Realms is easily the most boring official D&D setting
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Mar 10, 2017 04:58
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Plutonis posted:I love the Dunmers because even though they are the dark elves and their entire culture is based on being douches they are still the objectively less evil elves of TES lore This is objectively true, but I would nominate TES Orcs for at least second place here. Yes, they like fightan, but for the most part just want to be left alone. They don't ever start poo poo, they just get dragged into everyone else's poo poo.
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Mar 10, 2017 08:16
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Antivehicular posted:How can it be the most boring? It has like ten goddamn kinds of elves! There are sun elves! Moon elves! Wingaling elves! Elves that are kind of like werewolves except just the cool "turn into a big rad dog" part and not the inconvenient cursed part!! FORGOTTEN ELFS It has devil elves called fey'ri because somebody thought they were awfully clever.
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Mar 10, 2017 08:20
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One FR concept I did like was the Time of Troubles and the idea of the gods getting kicked down to the mortal plane with a fraction of their power for a divine Battle Royale. The concept was underutilized, though; I'd like to make a Godbound campaign where each PC is an Avatar during the Troubles and give them a chance to tear down the FR setting from the ground up and rebuild it to their whims.
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Mar 10, 2017 11:09
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Plutonis posted:I love the Dunmers because even though they are the dark elves and their entire culture is based on being douches they are still the objectively less evil elves of TES lore
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Mar 10, 2017 11:37
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Why are we not discussing dwarves, The Best Species?
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Mar 10, 2017 12:05
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To bring this full circle Warhammer Dark Elves are evil white guy slavers.
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Mar 10, 2017 12:19
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Serf posted:Why are we not discussing dwarves, The Best Species? What is there to say about dwarves? They're like three jobs, the species. They have a role and they fit into it well, but in a way you can easily tell stories about them because they're still relatable. None of this immortal half-spirit crap or post-scarcity perfect human crap you get with elves. Dwarves like fighting, digging, and making stuff. They fill the time in between with ale and sometimes being stodgy codgers. There's nothing you need to fix about them unless for some reason you want them to have more nuance. Dwarven communities are basically less rambunctious mining towns that are actually built into the mountain. Now that would be a fun take, get rid of the dwarven reserve and just go full mining town with dwarven gambling and prostitutes alongside the ale halls.
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Mar 10, 2017 13:23
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frankenfreak posted:Do the Bosmer rank above or below the Dunmer on this scale? Bosmer are cannibals who might be responsible for every non-dragon monster roaming around the World.
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Mar 10, 2017 13:27
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Simian_Prime posted:One FR concept I did like was the Time of Troubles and the idea of the gods getting kicked down to the mortal plane with a fraction of their power for a divine Battle Royale. The concept was underutilized, though; I'd like to make a Godbound campaign where each PC is an Avatar during the Troubles and give them a chance to tear down the FR setting from the ground up and rebuild it to their whims. Libertad did a writeup of just that on his blog. It's a great way to redeem the ToT I think.
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Dwarves are more relatable because, much like us, they make constant huge fuckups and ruin everything around them for everybody. People don't repeat the "dug too deep" thing for nothing.
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Mar 10, 2017 14:02
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drrockso20 posted:I think we can all agree that Forgotten Realms is easily the most boring official D&D setting
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Greyhawk: Meek Mill (zuhh??) Forgotten Realms: Vanilla Ice (lame-o) Ravenloft: Jay-Z (hmm getting better) Dark Sun: Eminem (oh hell yeah good) Eberron: Wu Tang Clan (simply epic, a pic of the transcendent human brain)
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Mar 10, 2017 15:21
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Kwyndig posted:What is there to say about dwarves? They're like three jobs, the species. They have a role and they fit into it well, but in a way you can easily tell stories about them because they're still relatable. None of this immortal half-spirit crap or post-scarcity perfect human crap you get with elves. Hence why they are The Best. In terms of interesting species, I've always had a soft spot for the "monstrous" ones. Orcs, goblins, kobolds, bugbears etc. I always disliked how they were presented as acceptable targets for players to just kill without thinking. I remember reading the 3.0 Monster Manual in middle school and finding it odd that they given less intelligence and were always some flavor of evil. I guess the latter is more an issue with the whole alignment system, which is a dumb thing in general but even dumber to apply to a sapient species. Maybe it's just the contrarian in me, but I always thought that the "monstrous" species got a bad rap.
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Mar 10, 2017 15:45
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FMguru posted:Forgotten Realm seems like Glorantha or Tekumel, when compared to the deadly-dull Greyhawk. Greyhawk isn't so much a setting as it's a series of scraps of paper and stained spiral notebooks edited into a document with "campaign setting" written on it. In related news, Chaosium's new RuneQuest edition is almost done from what they've said and the cover image is pretty great.  The cover of the last Chaosium edition, the second edition.  The box for Runequest 2 from a small UK company called Games Workshop.  I'll definitely be picking this up at Gencon. RocknRollaAyatollah fucked around with this message at 15:55 on Mar 10, 2017 |
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Mar 10, 2017 15:50
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Serf posted:Hence why they are The Best. Agreed. I especially like goblins, don't really know why but they just appeal to me. One of my favorite D&D-likes, Old School Hack, does away with halflings and replaces them with goblins, which is cool because I love goblins.
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Mar 10, 2017 15:54
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Goblins are cool and good because they're little green living pretexts for fun shenanigans, regardless of whether you're framing them as comic reliefs or clever schemers. Now, gnomes are bland goblin knock-offs for babies.
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Mar 10, 2017 16:03
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RocknRollaAyatollah posted:Greyhawk isn't so much a setting as it's a series of scraps of paper and stained spiral notebooks edited into a document with "campaign setting" written on it. I might be wrong, but I think the new image is for their Free RPG Day offering. Which, granted, is going to be a New Runequest quickstart booklet.
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Mar 10, 2017 16:28
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Runequest and Monstrous PC chat makes me want to play in a Trollpak game. I know! The Last of Uz, where you play a grizzled old Great Troll warrior and the teenaged first surfaceborn Mistress race troll he's bodyguarding for reasons. unseenlibrarian fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Mar 10, 2017 |
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Mar 10, 2017 16:37
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So what would the stats be for shitpost elves
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gradenko_2000 posted:So what would the stats be for shitpost elves Whatever they are in D&D 5e, I guess.
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