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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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Because of BW's emphasis on negating intent on a failure with reference to player's priorities for their PC, sometimes I have to think a... -
AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..What I like with DW is when I am kind of at a loss about what to say, I just go back to square one. Something fantastic, thrilling...
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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.
Makes sense. I really want to echo @AbdulAlhazred's description of DW - if the GM frames a scene, and then a player declares an action...
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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.
And yet it does! And yet, on pp 124 of Revised: Conditions for Steel Disadvantages Being shot at +1 Ob Being directly affected by...
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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.
It's not against the spirit of the rules to carry a waterskin. But I was asked why the character didn't have one, and answered. As for...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..My feeling is that all, or most, of this is negotiable. Much like @robertsconley and @Bedrockgames both say there are 'many flavors' of...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I think you are both rules lawyering AND nitpicking the question of granularity of action resolution. The rules say you "Hesitate" I...
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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 don't know, man. I don't want to take this trip with you. It doesn't seem helpful.
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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.
What are the factors that go into this decision? When do we go to dice? When do we just pick? Or pick multiple outcomes? For example...
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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 tend to take the following view -- things only need to happen once. It's my Lee Harvey Oswald rule, as it were. However hard the...
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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.
I flatly disagree. When someone asserts X is better than Y because X never does P while Y does do P, and then someone points out that X...
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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.
The consequences of the Duel of Wits are binding on the participants. A non-participant can't be compelled to do something because of...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Right, and that makes perfectly good sense in terms of what you are doing. It is just a bit different from the Narrativist process where...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..You're definitely more generous than I am with this whole plausibility thing. Honestly, I think it is a very weak plank to build on...
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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.
If the preference is predicated on "X never happens in the game I like" and then someone points out to you that it does, repeatedly, in...