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AbdulAlhazred reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Yes, there is no one quite as self-centred as a Burning Wheel player! You've caught us out! -
AbdulAlhazred reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I'm always excited to read new ideas and concepts about how to manage a game. Wanderhome's ideas of "guiding," Dogs in the Vineyard's... -
AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yeah, and I think the idea that you are simply a 'good DM' and thus should just do your thing, is somewhat flawed. I've known a couple...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't have a peculiar definition of agency nor am I undermining any one's preferences. People can like whatever they like and that's...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This is an important distinction. In most games I'd run, a combat that was going to run less than about an hour probably wasn't serious...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
30-60 minutes is insanely long for me (unless the game has insanely engaging combat which most do not). Would be interminably long for a...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I find myself in complete agreement with you here. Honestly, it WAS fun, I was 14 or so and video games pretty much didn't exist yet.
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..But it's short-lived triumph, a week later he was visiting the latrine and ran into a red dragon... On to Snardly XIII! Honestly, there...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This is true, and as with the example I was responding to, the outcome of Act Under Fire/Defy Danger (definitely prefer the AW...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
OK? This seems a non-sequitur. For instance, D&D makes me roll to see if I can perform the action of killing the Orc. But that doesn't...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In Monster of the Week, when you use Manipulate Someone on another PC, on a hit, they get XP if they decide to listen to you. On a miss...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I spent vanishingly little time at The Forge, more at the BW boards. But I didn't avail myself of the resources and commentary at...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I dunno if you both were/are rock climbing prodigies. But my sense is that these stories tend to show that the likelihood of falling to...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I've always thought about insufficient knowledge being more of a concern for me when we're in a Gamist milieu. It can be really hard to...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..AW and DW don't use conditions at all. At most one PC can convince another to do something, but all that does is mean you will get an XP...