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Dungeons & Dragons Publisher Denies Selling Game To Chinese Firm: Here’s What To Know [was: Hasbro Seeks to Sell IP “DND” and Has Had Preliminary Contact with Tencent] (pandaily.com)
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[-] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

I moved to Pathfinder 2e and I couldn't be happier. The only issue I have is that one of my players is Mercer-coded (is that a thing?) and really hates any time a skill, class, or spell isn't a 1:1 copy of DnD. He recently grabbed Bane as part of a feat for his barbarian and learned it isn't the same as DnD Bane and had a meltdown.

[-] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 15 points 10 months ago

That sounds like a miserable person to play with

[-] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

We're all close friends outside of the game and we are all used to each other's quirks. It's a pain sometimes, but he does genuinely enjoy the game, though. He'd only played 2 campaigns of DnD before-hand (Strahd and Frostmaiden), but has listened to every episode of Critcal Role. I decided to homebrew a full 1-20 campaign for the group as an introduction to Pathfinder so we could all (GM included) get a taste for it across the entire span of character growth, and it's been a learning experience for us all.

[-] fushuan@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

I don't understand why being mercer-coded would make them hate anything not dnd, mercer plays various systems when his friends do oneshots, and knows several systems.

He seems like an asshole though.

[-] Droechai@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Mercer as in a merchant of textiles? I guess that's wrong but it would be hilarious if textile merchants are famous for that behaviour :D

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