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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
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Which is exactly what pemerton has said. The imaginary world simply--flatly--does not exist. Our beliefs and attitudes exist, and those... -
AbdulAlhazred reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I mean, I don't really think it was designed with the idea of anything quite like PbtA-style Principles, but if I had to pick them...
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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.
In my experience, equipment in Burning Wheel can matter, but not in the sort of operational fashion that is found in (say) Torchbearer...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I believe that the term 'murder hobos' is exactly capturing this.
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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.
Ok, I’ve got it: they’ve been secretly doing a piece of performance art this whole time about how the average D&D group is actually a...
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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.
There also has to be a degree of honesty in character building. Eg if I build my PC as (say) Peasant Born, Village Kid, Village...
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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.
The table is inert. It is humans who read the dice, refer to the table, and then make decisions about what they are authoring. As I...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I recall reading that at the end of WWII the US Army studied the behavior of soldiers in battle and concluded that some very small...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
PLEASE tell me you're not speaking from personal experience here! :)
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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.
Well, given that the rules refer to committing cold-blooded murder, you've misunderstood. Is that based on personal experience...
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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.
These aren't cases of imaginary things having real effects. These are actual things - mental and/or bodily states - having real...
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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.
My limited experience (read: I've read Crime & Punishment) suggests that the act of murder is more enjoyable in the contemplation than...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I wouldn't be so sure. I mean, I haven't actually tried it. Still it would seem pretty frightening. If I put myself in the place of a...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yeah, that can be true to a degree. I mean, in Dungeon World (which I am much more familiar with) equipment can definitely matter. If...
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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 GM who is pretending to themself that it the fiction is real - and hence who sets out to disclaim to themself any responsibility for...