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Jvegi

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there is nothing wrong with bangable companions

don't like it, don't have make believe sex with them
I'd agree but I'm yet to see that stuff implemented well. It makes no sense for all companions to be pansexual. I think a good balance would be to have 1 gay companion, one lesbian companion, 2 bi companions of each sex and for the rest of them to be hetero or asexual. Including trans characters as a standard would be tricky, since you're opening yourself to so many options with a limited cast of characters. Perhaps a companion of a genderless race could be enough to represent a concept.

Romances are a mess and they were a mistake.
 

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The sensible thing is to use whatever assets you already have,
This applies always.
Graphics whores need to fuck off.


You two cretin peasants are an insult to the hardworking artists that strive to perfect themselves through constant iteration while trying to preserve their artistic integrity and originality.
This issue is not about "graphix" but trying to explain that to your ossified brain it would be pointless.
 

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there is nothing wrong with bangable companions

don't like it, don't have make believe sex with them

simples

Except in most modern RPGs, the NPCs badger you constantly even if you tell them to fuck off.

Or you pick some innocuous looking dialogue option that you think will politely decline and your character ends up in bed with them.
 
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There are no TB tears here, only RTwP heretics.
uTfq2E3.jpg

Talking about aesthetic and brand accuracy this 5 person team from France absolutely destroys Larian on every conceivable measure. The soundtrack of Mechanicus... :bounce:
D&D does not have a consistent visual style to pull from like warhammer does.
 

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There are no TB tears here, only RTwP heretics.
uTfq2E3.jpg

Talking about aesthetic and brand accuracy this 5 person team from France absolutely destroys Larian on every conceivable measure. The soundtrack of Mechanicus... :bounce:
D&D does not have a consistent visual style to pull from like warhammer does.

Baldur's gate on the other hand very much does.

And for things like music there isn't any precedent for the Adeptus Mechanicus.
 
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There are no TB tears here, only RTwP heretics.
uTfq2E3.jpg

Talking about aesthetic and brand accuracy this 5 person team from France absolutely destroys Larian on every conceivable measure. The soundtrack of Mechanicus... :bounce:
D&D does not have a consistent visual style to pull from like warhammer does.

Baldur's gate on the other hand very much does.
…generic fantasy?
 

hivemind

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Except in most modern RPGs, the NPCs badger you constantly even if you tell them to fuck off.

Or you pick some innocuous looking dialogue option that you think will politely decline and your character ends up in bed with them.
that's because modern romance npcs are made by chads for whom the world works that way, the only people that find this unusual are borderline incels who don't know what it's like to experience the world as an attractive person
 

Curratum

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There are no TB tears here, only RTwP heretics.
uTfq2E3.jpg

Talking about aesthetic and brand accuracy this 5 person team from France absolutely destroys Larian on every conceivable measure. The soundtrack of Mechanicus... :bounce:
D&D does not have a consistent visual style to pull from like warhammer does.

Baldur's gate on the other hand very much does.

And for things like music there isn't any precedent for the Adeptus Mechanicus.

sfBHobw.jpg


This is from the playtest kits that were printed pre-launch for 5E.
 

Crispy's Boyfriend

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You cunts deserve all your D&D games in the future to have just the Fighting Man, the Cleric and the Magic User.

That's impossible, I'm afraid. Were Wizards of the Coast to do that, they'd be sued by the developers of the Dragon Age series for plagiarising their classes.
 
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There are no TB tears here, only RTwP heretics.
uTfq2E3.jpg

Talking about aesthetic and brand accuracy this 5 person team from France absolutely destroys Larian on every conceivable measure. The soundtrack of Mechanicus... :bounce:
D&D does not have a consistent visual style to pull from like warhammer does.

Baldur's gate on the other hand very much does.

And for things like music there isn't any precedent for the Adeptus Mechanicus.

sfBHobw.jpg


This is from the playtest kits that were printed pre-launch for 5E.
Tyrone, the alpha male
an old white guy who is about to die
a homosexual elf
a mystical chinese wizard
and tyrone's love interest
 

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Considering the references to Spelljammer, this game should have fewer Gith and more Giff:

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The giff are a race of powerfully muscled, hippopotami mercenaries. They are civilized in that they understand the basics of spelljamming, though they lack mages among their own race. Instead, they hire on with various groups throughout the universe as mercenaries, bodyguards, enforcers, and general leg-breakers. They are pretty good at it, too.

The basic form of the giff is humanoid, with stocky, flat, cylindrical legs and a humanoid torso, arms, and fingers. The chest is broad and supports a neckless head that looks like a hippopotamus's. Giff come in colors ranging from black to gray to a rich gold, but many have colorful tattoos that leave their bodies a patchwork record of past jobs and victories. Giffs speak their own language and the common tongue.

The giff are military-minded, and organize themselves into squads, platoons, companies, corps, and larger groups. The number of giff in a platoon varies according to the season, situation, and level of danger involved . A giff "platoon" hired to protect a gambling operation may number two, while a platoon hired to invade an illithid stronghold may number well over a hundred.

- Spelljammer Campaign Setting Box Set (art by Jim Holloway)
I'll take the real thing instead, thanks.
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Which classes will make it as the last 2? They said 8 classes and 15 races, and 6 had been announced already. 7th is paladin obviously, but 8th Is a toss between druid, bard, sorcerer and monk. Hope it's not sorcerer.
 

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Gaider was too timid to go full flaming homo as early as 2000.

Even as late as 2007, Atari/Hasbro/WotC? refused to let Avellone write Gann as bisexual. Troika snuck in Bertram in ToEE by fooling them with a second heterosexual Bertram.
 
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Gaider was too timid to go full flaming homo as early as 2000.

Even as late as 2007, Atari/Hasbro/WotC? refused to let Avellone write Gann as bisexual. Troika snuck in Bertram in ToEE by fooling them with a second heterosexual Bertram.
Yeah that was back when companies cared about their products appealing to customers. Now they just call you racist/sexist/homophobic/incel if you don't consoom product.
 

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Yeah that was back when companies cared about their products appealing to customers. Now they just call you racist/sexist/homophobic/incel if you don't consoom product.

Gay people stereotypically have quite a bit of disposable/discretionary income, hence why so many companies go all in with the rainbow trash during the month of June.
 

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Forgotten Realms don't really have a strong aesthetic personality as a whole, you must choose which region you want to concentrate on and adapt the artstyle to fit that. It would be very easy to do something unique for Thay for example, but Baldur's Gate the city is as generic medieval as it gets, you have to concentrate on motifs and color schemes maybe.
 

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Which classes will make it as the last 2? They said 8 classes and 15 races, and 6 had been announced already. 7th is paladin obviously, but 8th Is a toss between druid, bard, sorcerer and monk. Hope it's not sorcerer.
When did they say they'd limit it to 8 classes? That would be major decline.
 

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