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  1. Zaxares

    DnD Beyond's 10-minute introductory adventure

    That was pretty fun. :D I also rolled a High Elf Wizard (seems you're always stuck as a High Elf if you pick Wizard?), and wound up surviving my adventure with:
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    Baldur's Gate III News

    Yeah, when I saw Larian's tweet I was like "Owlbears CAN'T be Nature's mistake... Because they were never natural creations to begin with." ;) They were the result of an unnamed wizard's magical cross-breeding experiments dating back to at least 2nd Ed (they might have shown up earlier, but I'm...
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    Baldur's Gate III News

    I'll support this ONLY if there's a way for us to specify in BG3 if our Bhaalspawn from BG2 romanced Jaheira and she actually remembers this (or conversely, she rejects the BG3 player because she's still in love with/in a relationship with Gorion's Ward). ;) As far as I know, Larian's been...
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    Baldur's Gate III News

    I did, actually! Although the way I went about it was that I ordered from the EU website and put my brother's address (he lives in the UK) on it. Post-August, the next time he comes over for a visit he'll bring it with him. It's still not an ideal solution though, and I wish Larian had made...
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    D&D replaces races with species

    Glad you like it! :D And feel free to borrow and use the concept. I actually had ideas for running an epic level adventure in which the symbol or contract of that Pact was somehow stolen or destroyed, and as a result gravity immediately stopped working, causing widespread havoc on the Prime...
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    Good and evil working together?

    The NWN module "Pirates of the Sword Coast" actually deals with this topic. Under 3.X rules at least, divine energy derived from worship even from hoodwinked worshippers still flows to the deity behind the scheme, even if the deity the worshippers are praying to is a false persona. (For...
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    What makes a good story in cRPGs? - thoughts and musings

    For me, my wants out of an RPG mostly mirror what Cahir said in his opening post. 1. The world must have detailed and intriguing lore and history (Dragon Age: Origins managed to hook me in right from the opening trailer, which I really have to commend them for) 2. The main plot must be...
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    D&D replaces races with species

    While I agree with the logic here, it's worth remembering that in fantasy worlds like D&D, biology may not cleave 100% to our understanding of biology. (Or perhaps they do, on the surface, but the underlying rules actually work completely differently. I'll get back to this later.) For example...
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    D&D's new Open Gaming License

    I'm glad that we managed to make WotC/Hasbro back down. :) On the other hand though... I'm saddened that this is something that will inevitably further divide the community. We now essentially have two competing rulesets/licenses, and you can bet that WotC/Hasbro will not be happy to support any...
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    Baldur's Gate III News

    An excellent question! And perhaps an insightful one. You see, I'm the opposite of you in real life. XD I'm actually VERY quiet and quite introverted by nature. I do decently well in social situations, but I'm generally the type of person who "only talks when I have something important to say."...
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    Horror CRPGs

    Despite having a deep love for horror RPG settings like Ravenloft or Call of Cthulhu, I actually haven't played very many horror CRPGs. (Or horror games in general.) In more recent entries, I've heard that Control does a really good job of adopting a "SCP"-style horror game. They're also...
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    D&D replaces races with species

    Sorry, but as a Dark Sun fan, human/dwarf crossbreeds will forever and always be "Muls" to me. ;) As for the overall change, I can understand the reasoning behind it, although I think it's a rather clumsy, hamfisted approach WotC has taken to try and address it. I think a better way would have...
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    Baldur's Gate III News

    @Chronicler: Yeah, I suppose it's an important distinction to make that when I say "silent protagonist", I don't mean COMPLETELY silent protagonists who never, ever say a single word, like Link or Gordon Freeman. XD I can understand where Urdnot and Cahir are coming from too, but I still prefer...
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    Baldur's Gate III News

    I guess I'm in the minority here then. XD I would actually prefer my protagonist to be silent, similar to Neverwinter Nights 1/2 and Dragon Age: Origins, apart from choosing a basic voice set for standard commands and interactions. The reason is because a voiced protagonist, over time...
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    Baldur's Gate III News

    While I'm a bit disappointed that Jim Cummings or Heidi Shannon (although she didn't return for Siege of Dragonspear either) won't be returning to reprise their roles, Matt Mercer is an astounding VA talent, so I trust that he'll do Minsc justice. :) I got a reply back too from Larian Support...
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    Baldur's Gate III News

    Thanks for the link! I've sent a message via their Support form, although it seems more designed for technical support than general questions, but fingers crossed they'll get back to me. :) I actually left some posts on their official forum, but there hasn't been any replies so far and I'm not...
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    Baldur's Gate III News

    Hey everyone. :) (Arvia dragged me over here. ;P) So, since I'm a bit out of the loop with regards to BG3 news, I mostly have two questions. Firstly, with the reveal that Minsc and Jaheira are going to be potential companions (or enemies, which is pretty interesting news) in BG3, has Larian...
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