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[-] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 7 points 7 hours ago

Slightly unpopular opinion: All official lore is crap and should be generally ignored. (Even the stuff I kind of like) If I want to play in a world where what I can do is limited by the generic, inoffensive, middle-of-the-road, crowd-pleasing writers at some corporation I'll just play a AAA video game. The ability to be participatory in the creation and evolution of the in-game world is what makes TTRPGs different from consumer media. Why would you give that part up, but still leave yourself with all the cognitive load?

[-] Aielman15@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago

I have the same reaction with the gameplay as well.

They somehow managed to add more crunch and complexity without improving neither the balance nor the turn-to-turn variety. I'm honestly impressed by their sheer incompetence.

[-] HappyFrog 20 points 19 hours ago

Play Pathfinder, like an adult.

[-] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 18 hours ago

Pathfinder is superior to D&D ethically, morally and mechanically. Fight me.

[-] porl@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

I'll fight you! In a game of Pathfinder of course.

[-] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 13 hours ago

Roll Lore: Gaming for initiative!

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

I got two wizards and a skull. What the fuck is up with these dice

[-] Atlas48@ttrpg.network 6 points 15 hours ago

I'm over here enjoying Changeling: the Dreaming.

[-] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 10 points 18 hours ago

Let people play what they want to play.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 17 points 16 hours ago

Sure, but every time someone's like "I'm going to do a game of secret modern day vampires doing political intrigue in DND" I'm going to judge them.

[-] HappyFrog 4 points 17 hours ago

Sorry, wanted it to come off as a joke. I think Pathfinder is better, but I love dnd too.

[-] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

Branch out and play all kinds of systems!

[-] HappyFrog 1 points 7 hours ago

Would love to, but I don't have that amount of time or money.

[-] Adrius@ttrpg.network 19 points 21 hours ago

The best lore is lore made at the table with the players. The rest is just gm inspiration.

[-] miracleorange@beehaw.org 3 points 17 hours ago

Yeah, my friends and I always used Forgotten Realms lore as a base in homebrew settings and then just do whatever on top of it, like that one time we had chocobos in a campaign LOL

[-] Eiri@lemmy.ca 6 points 17 hours ago

Ergh, I always ignore the lore anyway.

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 4 points 16 hours ago

I sometimes steal pieces of it, if only for inspiration, but I love worldbuilding and making up my own settings.

I'm currently running an adventure in a Spelljammer setting where most of the previous D&D campaigns I've run over the years exist on different planets, with elements of all of them now able to make cameos or interact with each other. It's wild.

[-] cikano@lemmy.world 12 points 22 hours ago

I'm gonna need some context

[-] Ziggurat@jlai.lu 1 points 19 hours ago

Does D&D finally come with a lore?

Finally a playable game? (still the cost of 3?)

[-] PoTayToes@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago

What do you mean, finally? Even 5e, the edition with the smallest amount of lore so far, has some.

Previous editions had a lot. The Forgotten Realms wiki is a pretty good place to go read through. And there's other settings too, even if they have less content. Greyhawk, Eberron, to only name those I have in my library.

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