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and so, the long journey of making a bat race begins

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Make sure the system you use matches the kind of players you have, for an optimal experience

Admin Note: This is part of the ongoing series called “D&D isn’t the only TTRPG if you don’t want fantasy play another goddamn game!”

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sometimes you gotta just, reinvent the whole tabaxi race, y’know?

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fellas,

is it gay to love your own dnd character?

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As an exchange student who only speaks English and is taking classes in Italian, I can safely say that I've done more note work on campaign world building in these 2 months than I have any of my classes.

One of my lectures is so boring I actively plan to write d&d stuff during the class lmao

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Matt utterly destroying the Rules Lawyer round of Um, Actually

(The game was to point out all of the incorrect things in a single round of combat shown in a comic)

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After MCM weekend I’ve been thinking a lot about where I am in life atm. So here’s just some thoughts about what D&D means to me < 3

My players are beautiful, magical creatures. 

I wouldn’t be where I am now without Critical Role and the work of a magical DM and an amazing party. The inspiration and joy is endless.

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I WISH I WAS LYING

Play a tabaxi who is, ironically, a dog person.

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i hate this and i hate this because my friend is LITERALLY playing as a dog person, and I have to write that into my campaign. It’s using Tabaxi stats. The dog is a Barbarian. It’s a pirate campaign. I hate and love her. 

Play a tabaxi who is, ironically, a dog person.

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CAPTAIN HOLLISIN REPORTING FOR BOOTY

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My favorite game to play is called “How do I draw a Tabaxi without making them look like a furry”

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The Concepts of Rebelliation

When building your world you should generally take into account that every race is going to have their own idea of social norms and social rebellion.  Like, Elves are generally seen as graceful and elegant. But the opposite of that? Yoga pants and eating pizza for 4 days straight (aka, college kid). Generally not caring about your status or appearance would be considered rebellious to a race that prides themselves of elegance.  Orcs? They’re all about that hard work, dirty work. A rebellious Orc could be someone who enjoys wearing fanciful ball gowns or suit and ties. An emphasis on the idea of making yourself graceful and not hard working. Elegant nails that would be chipped and ruined by caring out hard labor tasks.  Drows are often seen as evil and tricksters, so maybe their idea of rebellion against is to wear pastel, flower crowns, golden makeup, etc. Anything to not seem menacing.  Perhaps races like Tabaxi rebel by wearing warm clothing, since I imagine it’d be hard to wear warm clothing on top of being furry. Turtlenecks and scarves to rebel against the norms of wearing light clothing. Or maybe they like to dye their fur, akin to a tattoo?  Every race has their own values and societal norms, and rebellion is a natural part of breaking away from that. So have fun playing around with those ideas!