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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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No, you all just call it a 'quantum cook', I mean come on! Of course you're saying it's wrong! As for who is up at what time, I think...
Jun 14, 2025
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So, basically only one very specific game mechanics is acceptable and all other variations are simply wrong because they're different...
Jun 12, 2025
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I’m reliably told that adversary rosters with interesting encounters off a randomized chance to appear are not quantum and make a...
Jun 12, 2025
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Again, both cooks and bears exist in their respective environments and in both cases the process of adjudicating their appearance is the...
Jun 12, 2025
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Yeah. I just feel like there's this immense kind of mental gymnastics that goes on around "this stuff is ultimately just made up by the...
Jun 12, 2025
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It is even better than this! Why did the random encounter happen? Because the random encounter clock ran out and a check was required...
Jun 12, 2025
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Now, can you please explain to me what the explicit connection is between the PC's happening to be at a particular location at 6 PM and...
Jun 12, 2025
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Ehhhh, I gotta push a bit back on this. The player is describing their character's actions (In DW this is explicitly in character). The...
Jun 12, 2025
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Well, actually... here's a theory for you, they're actually created by failed checks during exploration. The dwarf decides their MUST be...
Jun 12, 2025
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Nobody says you can't ration the random kobolds, but heck the things breed fast! They live 14 days, and 3 new eggs hatch every hour! ;)
Jun 12, 2025
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Ok dude, whatever. You asked for some examples beyond others of how Fail Forward might work. I wasn't posting them for you to go "I hate...
Jun 12, 2025
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No, the game says on a player rolling a 6-, I get to make a move as hard and direct as I want. In this case I looked at my prep for the...
Jun 12, 2025
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You missed my favorite one of all - the Ouija board.
Jun 12, 2025
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I see a huge difference between an ogre which appears in front of you no matter what you do, and a cook who appears in response to a die...
Jun 12, 2025
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Of course the GM is deciding that. Fiction doesn't just drop out of the sky onto the table! Or, well, maybe your table is different and...
Jun 12, 2025
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