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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I probably need to clarify. I'm sure you play Hillfolk because it appeals to you. I guess what I mean is, you point out your play of... -
AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Right, I think Lew Pulsipher was reasonably correct in his analysis at the level of understanding of RPG play/design c1979 or so. I...
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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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The "freeform sandbox" is the living, participatory novel style that I mentioned upthread as being the object of Lewis Pulsipher's... -
AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I think there's 2 things that go on here, and they're closely related: 1) You have a particular view of these issues, like what you...
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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.
So, here's my overall read when it comes to agency. In any game two things matter: Autonomy - The ability to act freely, to choose...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..IME, which includes a decent amount of what I would call railroading, this is kinda exactly how it is. GMs often don't recognize what...
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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.
A few years ago, I turned up to my friends' place for a RPG catch-up. Nothing in particular had been planned: so I pulled out White...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Okay, but like...I genuinely do not see the difference between this and the (entirely made-up) example I gave up-thread with Ranakht the...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Well, rather obviously, I agree here. But, I would point out that the defense of DM's trend here is VERY strong. Any criticism of DM...
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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.
Then why let everyone waste hours of their time at the table planning for it? As I posted upthread, this notion that it is reasonable...
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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.
To me, this all sounds like dysfunctional failures of communication. Like, if your desire as GM is to have the players get their PCs to...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yeah, I would consider it almost the epitome of bad GMing. What kind of an arse do you need to be to just blatantly spoil the players...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No greater player agency then walking away ;).
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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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I hope you enjoyed your agency as players! -
AbdulAlhazred reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Haha.
It's like this pile of Helping Dice doesn't mean a damn thing.