Devil's advocate: the narrator of Twilight is a teenaged girl.Brief digression: due to losing a bet of sorts, I am reading Twilight by Stephanie Meyer right now, and so far my impression is that the narrator in that book pays an enormous amount of attention to what clothes she wears every day.
Yes, and?Devil's advocate: the narrator of Twilight is a teenaged girl.
I seem to recall a comment by Felecia Day to the effect that she chooses her wearable magic items based on how they would look with her other wearable magic items. I don't know that she was serious, but the recognition of it as a consideration is still interesting.Yes, and?
Maybe you're just saying it was obvious to you all along that (some?) teenage girls (and adult women?) are like that, but to me it was an eye opener, like reading an anthropological treatise on an alien species. The kind of stuff that makes you go, "Hey, this might make an interesting D&D race or culture."
That was a big thing a few years ago in MMOs. You could transmogrify your equipment to look cool. Yes, come back to World of Warcraft! You can spend gobs of in game money to change the appearance of your armor to look like a crown of flames1 This of course belies that stereotype that only women care about how they look.I do often think about what adventurers look like, based on the magic item descriptions. Like wearing no armor with gauntlets and a mail coif, or plate armor with slippers and leather bracers, not to mention the various clashing bejeweled crowns, amulets, rings, etc. I have described adventurer-heavy parts of town to my players as including a disproportionate number of people wearing garish and clashing gear.
I have also considered imposing AC penalties if the character is wearing headwear/vambraces/gloves/grieves/footwear that is a lesser armor type than the main armor.
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The worst ancestries IMHO are the various anthropomorphic animals. That's pretty much what I think of when I picture 5E. A bunch of anthropomorphic animals running around and blasting everything with their superpowers.
I feel like Pathfinder is way worse for the anthropomorph splatbooks. Furries gotta fur.
I have no idea if PFG is worse with the furries, but I can definitely tell you they were far worse with the...uh...I'm not sure how to describe it. Halfsies? Bloodlinesies? I was super-annoyed with all the elemental bloodline races, like Ifrit, Sylphs*, etc, in the Advanced Race Guide. It just promotes race-shopping for the right stat boost at character creation.I feel like Pathfinder is way worse for the anthropomorph splatbooks. Furries gotta fur.
In the spirit of my kid's Nintendo account, I think I'm going to start accepting cash from my players in return for "upgrades". Don't want to wait for a decent weapon to "drop"? Come visit the Beoric Game Store(tm) and you can get get a Vorpal Blade in your choice of colour for a fair price! We have a deal on our bundle of Gauntlets of Ogre Power + Girdle of Giant Strength + Hammer of Thunderbolts! Crypto accepted.That was a big thing a few years ago in MMOs. You could transmogrify your equipment to look cool. Yes, come back to World of Warcraft! You can spend gobs of in game money to change the appearance of your armor to look like a crown of flames1 This of course belies that stereotype that only women care about how they look.
Will have to start a West Marches campaign to encourage competition and expand myIn the spirit of my kid's Nintendo account, I think I'm going to start accepting cash from my players in return for "upgrades". Don't want to wait for a decent weapon to "drop"? Come visit the Beoric Game Store(tm) and you can get get a Vorpal Blade in your choice of colour for a fair price! We have a deal on our bundle of Gauntlets of Ogre Power + Girdle of Giant Strength + Hammer of Thunderbolts! Crypto accepted.
When I was a teenager I used to bribe my little brother to do my chores by offering him stat boosts for his Gamma World characters. I still remember "Infinity Man" who had infinite HP and infinitely strong damage shields...In the spirit of my kid's Nintendo account, I think I'm going to start accepting cash from my players in return for "upgrades". Don't want to wait for a decent weapon to "drop"? Come visit the Beoric Game Store(tm) and you can get get a Vorpal Blade in your choice of colour for a fair price! We have a deal on our bundle of Gauntlets of Ogre Power + Girdle of Giant Strength + Hammer of Thunderbolts! Crypto accepted.
I believe Dark Souls fans are a very different crowd from MMO fans, but "Fashion Souls" is a very well established jargon term for that practice in those games.I seem to recall a comment by Felecia Day to the effect that she chooses her wearable magic items based on how they would look with her other wearable magic items. I don't know that she was serious, but the recognition of it as a consideration is still interesting.
I know this is a bit of necromancy, but this is relevant context for the audience she's writing for. At a certain age, what you wear to school, how your percieved by the guys around you (or that *one* guy), it's the most important thing in the whole world. A choice of sweater is just as important to them as which sword we bring dragon slaying. I'm no fan of the books, I actually think the page count describing edward is the biggest sin (the six page spread early on on his appearance stopped me dead in my tracks), but I understand why the author would do it that way.Brief digression: due to losing a bet of sorts, I am reading Twilight by Stephanie Meyer right now, and so far my impression is that the narrator in that book pays an enormous amount of attention to what clothes she wears every day. I don't think Tolkien ever mentions _once_ whether Frodo is wearing a cute red sweater or decides to bring his black bag instead of his purple one with him to Mordor.
In the words of Larry Niven, "it is a sin to waste the reader's time," so what detail an author chooses to include in a work makes a statement of sorts about what sort of reader the author expects, and what they are expected to care about.
Yes, an extremely well researched article. It's funny how few people understand that B2 is actually an AD&D module.Well it's offcial. First edition wins. We can lock this thread.
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One of Dungeon & Dragons' Oldest Iterations Remains Its Best
Dungeons & Dragons 5e is at its absolute zenith, with more adventurers than ever playing the TTRPG. But it isn't the best version of the game so far.www.cbr.com
Thank goodness AD&D stripped out all of the bloat from 0e, to create a more streamlined game.AD&D 1e managed to strip back all the unnecessary features introduced into the game over the years while still retaining player freedom.