I read it and was very excited to see it hitting more mainstream media outlets, however I disagree that it's a resurrection. It's been here, the entire time, but it is more popular than ever and that is the best thing ever.
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I agree this is exciting that it is becoming more popular. For sure. What took the rest of the world so long? I don't see this as D&D's Golden Age, more like it's Industrial Revolution. With the advent of the new system a few years ago, the internet showing would be players what gaming is like and how fun it is, and DDB; we are witnessing our beloved game go mainstream in the best possible ways. I really believe this is just the beginning. :)
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"...Debts must always be paid, sometimes in more than blood and gold. But this is Ordo Ursa," Ren places his hand on Erakas's chest, right where the Dragonborn's heart is. "Right here. And it always has been and always will be. Don't ever forget that. Because I won't."
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I agree this is exciting that it is becoming more popular. For sure. What took the rest of the world so long? I don't see this as D&D's Golden Age, more like it's Industrial Revolution. With the advent of the new system a few years ago, the internet showing would be players what gaming is like and how fun it is, and DDB; we are witnessing our beloved game go mainstream in the best possible ways. I really believe this is just the beginning. :)
Industrial Revolution or no, D&D is not meant to support Steampunk.
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Industrial Revolution or no, D&D is not meant to support Steampunk.
Can we not say things like this, even jokingly, please?
It just isn't a great idea to argue about what D&D is or is not "meant" to support, since the originators of the game had such wildly different views (Blackmoor, aliens, energy weapons... and yet Murlynd's revolvers he brought to Greyhawk from Arizona were treated as "magical rods" in at least one publication because calling them guns didn't work for Gygax for some reason).
D&D is fantasy, and fantasy doesn't have any good reason to not be whatever someone fantasizes about.
Industrial Revolution or no, D&D is not meant to support Steampunk.
Can we not say things like this, even jokingly, please?
It just isn't a great idea to argue about what D&D is or is not "meant" to support, since the originators of the game had such wildly different views (Blackmoor, aliens, energy weapons... and yet Murlynd's revolvers he brought to Greyhawk from Arizona were treated as "magical rods" in at least one publication because calling them guns didn't work for Gygax for some reason).
D&D is fantasy, and fantasy doesn't have any good reason to not be whatever someone fantasizes about.
I stand rebuked, yet I still maintain that there are better systems for Steampunk.
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I stand rebuked, yet I still maintain that there are better systems for Steampunk.
No problem there. It is much more palatable, generally speaking, for someone to hear that there might be something that does what they want better than it is to hear what boils down to "you're playing this game wrong. by adding that element you like to it."
I stand rebuked, yet I still maintain that there are better systems for Steampunk.
No problem there. It is much more palatable, generally speaking, for someone to hear that there might be something that does what they want better than it is to hear what boils down to "you're playing this game wrong. by adding that element you like to it."
All I thought I was saying--other than making a joke, which was the intended purpose of that Charisma critical failure--was that D&D is, in fact, designed for Medieval Fantasy, not Steampunk; there are a few pages in the DMG, but that's about it. I see that as a simple, innocent statement of fact, but not being in tune with other people's perceptions is a major part of my default state of being. I roll a lot of Charisma critical failures in real life.
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D&D Beyond FoundersI read this article over breakfast, which I thought a number of you might find interesting.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-uncanny-resurrection-of-dungeons-and-dragons
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I agree this is exciting that it is becoming more popular. For sure. What took the rest of the world so long? I don't see this as D&D's Golden Age, more like it's Industrial Revolution. With the advent of the new system a few years ago, the internet showing would be players what gaming is like and how fun it is, and DDB; we are witnessing our beloved game go mainstream in the best possible ways. I really believe this is just the beginning. :)
"...Debts must always be paid, sometimes in more than blood and gold. But this is Ordo Ursa," Ren places his hand on Erakas's chest, right where the Dragonborn's heart is. "Right here. And it always has been and always will be. Don't ever forget that. Because I won't."
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