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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Right, but this is basically not connected to who can say what, it's true regardless. Also, as you articulate it, what would be the harm... -
AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Previous to 2e XP from combat in D&D was a rounding error, unless the GM was extremely stingy with treasure to a degree which would warp...
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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
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In game texts I have really only seen bypassing encounters addressed in regard to games where you specifically receive XP for overcoming... -
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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You really “cannot fathom” why anyone would want to skip past the more boring aspects of play? All these discussions we’ve been... -
AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Sure! I'm personally a bit skeptical that, say, a Cthulhu game based on a d20 style hi power gain leveling curve is going to very...
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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.
I mean that D&D (the 5e texts) does not contemplate non-exploratory play or play that is not structured around discrete adventures. This...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yeah, the only one really is spell slots for enchantment spells or buffs like guidance and enhance ability. Vampire allows for social...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Maybe our opinions are not far off, though what I started out hearing was about this great deal of d20 games. Anyway, I think there...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yeah, I think that is a perfectly cromulent answer. I'm personally more happy with just playing games that run on high transparency. And...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
On this specific point, this is precisely why, when I referee, when I roleplay the NPCs, I will do so in the first person, so that the...
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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.
Unfortunately, some games—like D&D—don’t have social-specific resources to be drained, which undoubtedly leads people into thinking that...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Right, you can hack D&D in various ways, and you end up with 'Other D&D'. I'm not sure why that's taken to be flexibility. As soon as...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Well, the thing went far beyond the module, but I guess? I can't read the GM's mind. But how is what you describe NOT the GM engineering...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..And what this description tells me is that, in the process of play/style in which you are discussing this definition, there are sets of...
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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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My main interest in these sorts of discussions is clearly setting out techniques. It's from others clearly setting out techniques that I...