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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..And your response tells me that something is failing to get communicated here. I'm not inventing anything, GMSs in this paradigm are... -
AbdulAlhazred reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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It’s not bad at all. It’s an essential part of play. I brought it up because @Micah Sweet asked why place constraints on GMs. And the... -
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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So I've largely been treating this thread as a mechanism to examine my own thoughts/preferences/fuzzy feelings about TTRPGing by seeing... -
AbdulAlhazred reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Sorry, but that timeline is 100% a story. It's the barebones story of the history of the land. Referee=story teller. Again...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Well, the referee in question is highly skilled. I think maybe this particular 'move' was a bit off. One of the principles that I adhere...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Wait a minute! How 'random' is it when the GM drew up the encounter table and made bandits (logically, I'm not criticizing it) the most...
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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.
But, now you're changing the examples. I agree, "My car is parked in the driveway" isn't really story telling since there is no plot...
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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.
That is 100% not true. You know, with a fair degree of certainty, what will happen when the players interact with those caravan...
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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.
Oh wow, quoting Incredibles and not understanding the meaning of the quote. Sorry, story has a pretty simple definition - plot...
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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.
I guess, at the end of the day, this is why we will not agree. You have created a setting, characters and plot (NPC X has Y motivations...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I think the real reason for it is simply that you begin to tap out a specific character concept at a certain point. You don't NEED or...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to thefutilist's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
@ the Narrativists The posts by @pemerton and @Campbell pretty much sum up my thoughts on the living world matter. For fun though, I'm...
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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.
I think it's pretty clear that even the designer of the game can take what they built and run it off in various directions as they...
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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.
What matters to me is where the agenda is (and how tightly we are holding on) - are we focusing on exploring the setting or is the...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I'll just provide my observations on this when we played. Yes, the game can be very 'immediate' in character, when you are on a score...