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IIRC Rich only kinda cared for that one off-screen fight with Miko. Everything else is easily "stylistically follows '3rd and one half edition' D&D but no promises". e: The way I like to think about it, Rich's adherence to D&D rules is akin to any other Fantasy setting's adherence to Tolkien's mythology and world building when building their fantasy setting. Follows the gist as to what we recognize as Tolkien but won't when it comes to the details or if it gets in the way of the story that author wants to tell. Raenir Salazar fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Apr 27, 2021 |
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Apr 27, 2021 21:33
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AnoHito posted:
quote:See how I tied those plot lines together? That’s what they call writing, folks. 
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Apr 27, 2021 21:51
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Very early strips were pretty rules-adherent, because they were focused heavily on making rule jokes. That waned considerably after they blew up the first gate.
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Apr 27, 2021 22:15
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We also went from 3.5 being the in vogue edition to 2 entire editions of DnD passing by, so I'm sure the rules are far from imprinted on Rich's mind nowadays. I mean, it was 13 years ago when 4th came out, there are entire elementary schools younger than the last time 3.5 was the most relevant DnD touchstone!
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Apr 27, 2021 22:28
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But he's also played enough DnD and written/designed enough that it still 'feels' correct even if he's fudging the details. Its also not like rules jokes have gone away by any means. We just had a combat sequence that depended pretty heavily on a bunch of actual DnD poo poo from 3.5.
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Apr 27, 2021 22:31
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he's up to 3,000 patreons with a $2 minimum, which is fairly  I think he takes more care about rules than he lets on, but keeping a fundamental level of 'it doesn't matter' is essential for his sanity. sebmojo fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Apr 27, 2021 |
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Apr 27, 2021 22:59
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AnoHito posted:
I just ran a game for the past 8ish months where i glossed over the rule book at one point and just winged it the players didn't seem to mind but i think only one of them read the book past their playbook
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Apr 27, 2021 23:02
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sebmojo posted:he's up to 3,000 patreons with a $2 minimum, which is fairly For what it's worth, $2 isn't the minimum, it's the minimum suggested, and the only named tier. There are no posts on his Patreon gated by the $2 tier, they're all either "Public" or "All Patrons"
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Apr 27, 2021 23:23
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sebmojo posted:he's up to 3,000 patreons with a $2 minimum, which is fairly It really makes me happy to see a creator finally accept that people want to give them money.
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Apr 27, 2021 23:38
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sebmojo posted:he's up to 3,000 patreons with a $2 minimum, which is fairly Compared to how much some of his fans care, he cares a negative amount, and reinforcing that truth can only help him
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Apr 27, 2021 23:48
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The Patreon is a lot better than the absolutely insane Kickstarter. Trying to keep up with all the obligations from that drat near killed Rich, from things said on the forum and twitter.
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Apr 27, 2021 23:53
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It took Rich years to accept that he should make a Patreon and start selling PDFs of the books (especially the formally print-exclusive ones), and once he did, he was completely blown over by how much people really did want to support him through that. I think he got so used to seeing only the worst elements of his readers that he didn't really believe that there was a silent majority. (Though to be fair, too long in the GiantITP forums would make anyone lose hope in humanity.)
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Apr 28, 2021 00:05
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maltesh posted:For what it's worth, $2 isn't the minimum, it's the minimum suggested, and the only named tier. There are no posts on his Patreon gated by the $2 tier, they're all either "Public" or "All Patrons" oh right. i think assuming ~3000 x $2 is a reasonable guess at what it's getting him, though i'd think it's probably a bit higher.
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Apr 28, 2021 00:12
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Gnoman posted:The Patreon is a lot better than the absolutely insane Kickstarter. Trying to keep up with all the obligations from that drat near killed Rich, from things said on the forum and twitter. I'm glad about the insane kickstarter, even though I missed it. The reprint let me buy all the physical books.
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Apr 28, 2021 00:17
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ikanreed posted:I'm glad about the insane kickstarter, even though I missed it. The reprint let me buy all the physical books. I liked him getting support, and what he was able to do with the money was good. He just should have set much more limit on his promises. girl dick energy posted:I think he got so used to seeing only the worst elements of his readers that he didn't really believe that there was a silent majority. (Though to be fair, too long in the GiantITP forums would make anyone lose hope in humanity.) The funny thing is that he (and the forum staff) are absolutely convinced that his strict rules have made it a better community than most. The amount of passive-aggressiveness and such that's buried there (because you're not allowed to let it out) seems to be completely missed.
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Apr 28, 2021 00:22
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Gnoman posted:I liked him getting support, and what he was able to do with the money was good. He just should have set much more limit on his promises. He was also one of the earlier Kickstarters to get a super high amount of money so there weren't a bunch of public "successes" to show why you should have reasonable stretch goals. I'm also glad he just lets me give him $2/month or buy PDFs of the books because it's a lot easier.
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Apr 28, 2021 00:32
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Gnoman posted:funny thing is that he (and the forum staff) are absolutely convinced that his strict rules have made it a better community than most. The amount of passive-aggressiveness and such that's buried there (because you're not allowed to let it out) seems to be completely missed.
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Apr 28, 2021 00:34
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girl dick energy posted:I mean, most of us think SA is a better community than most, and it took how long for them to finally kill FYAD? *Looks at the forum home page* Uuhhhhh
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Apr 28, 2021 00:41
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ikanreed posted:*Looks at the forum home page* To be fair it WAS killed, it just got resurrected after the admins admitted the entire conspiracy against it was fabricated by a narcissist.
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Apr 28, 2021 06:17
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Len posted:I just ran a game for the past 8ish months where i glossed over the rule book at one point and just winged it I was pressganged into running 5e for a few months (because our usual DM had to move back in with her parents for a time), and told the group repeatedly and straight that I was not going to read the books and just kind of guess at what the rules were. There was of course one of the players who made sure to pull rules citations when I made a ruling that was wrong and helped the party. I had a good time and generated some fun stories with my friends so it all ended well.
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Apr 28, 2021 07:38
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Acerbatus posted:To be fair it WAS killed, it just got resurrected after the admins admitted the entire conspiracy against it was fabricated by a narcissist. You don't need to fabricate the fact that it's a cesspit of 'ironic' bigotry
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Apr 28, 2021 10:30
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Oh sweet lord I hope rich is ok
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Apr 28, 2021 10:39
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♫ Can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding ♫
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Apr 28, 2021 10:57
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Rumda posted:You don't need to fabricate the fact that it's a cesspit of 'ironic' bigotry Can we not relitigate The Troubles here? Go to QCS for that please
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Apr 28, 2021 10:59
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Len posted:Can we not relitigate The Troubles here? Go to QCS for that please If people want to defend it they can (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Apr 28, 2021 11:21
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Rumda posted:If people want to defend it they can do it in qcs Correct
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Apr 28, 2021 11:55
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sebmojo posted:Oh sweet lord I hope rich is ok
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Apr 28, 2021 13:23
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Rerail, other than the character that showed up for one panel who else is bound to return? Sabine seems like a sound choice
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Apr 28, 2021 14:21
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Sabine and the IFCC seem very likely.
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Apr 28, 2021 14:34
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Hinjo is definitely also gonna play a role somewhere. Belkar's only saved his life once! I'm torn on Tarquin; on one hand, he had the perfect send off, but on the other, Sabine is "procuring a vessel" for the IFCC, and if that is as unpleasant as it sounds, I don't see why Tarquin wouldn't be the first guy she'd involve.
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Apr 28, 2021 14:41
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Tarquin dieing offscreen to sabine would be perhaps the biggest blow to him, like hed stew about that in lawful evil hell forever
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Apr 28, 2021 14:51
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I don't think he gets another mention. His role in the story is over.
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Apr 28, 2021 14:55
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Yeah Tarquin is done. I'm not sure about the rest of his crew -- we still haven't seen the Fighter do much of anything yet, and Team Evil is conspicuously lacking a front-line fighter (Oona seems a closer parallel to Haley or Belkar than to Roy)...
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I feel like Team Tarquin can't be entirely done while Sabine's revenge is still pending, but Tarquin himself as a major villain is done.
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Apr 28, 2021 17:43
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SKULL.GIF posted:Yeah Tarquin is done. What? Tarquin is the fighter, or at least some fighter adjacent class like "warlord" or something, we've seen that his main profiencies are in a variety of weapons and he's a frontline fighter. If you mean the dude in that flashback who doesn't have a name, I feel like it's more likely that he's an anti-paladin or blackguard or something.
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Kind of doubt that they’re ever going to be much of a threat in the story again, considering half of them are deader than dead, were last seen getting their mind broken by the Snarl, or were in close proximity to the Snarl starting to seep into the world.
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Apr 28, 2021 18:15
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fool of sound posted:I feel like Team Tarquin can't be entirely done while Sabine's revenge is still pending, but Tarquin himself as a major villain is done. yeah, i cant imagine sabine just lets it go. i also cant imagine we see him on screen again
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Apr 28, 2021 18:29
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Tarquin has an empire racket to run, also his team (what's left of it) and their armies wouldn't stand a chance against Xykon and Redcloak.
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It's just going to be a loose end. It happens in the best of fiction.
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