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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
Haha.
Well, I recall earlier in the thread where I described sandbox play as being GM focused. And that opinion was met with resistance. Not... -
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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Adding a cook to a kitchen seems similar to you as adding a dragon or Luke Skywalker? Okay, I guess. I'm trying to look at it not in... -
AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It's not just granularity. I mean, that could factor in, but what seems more important to me is the focus on what the character is...
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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.
I think this will depend on what the game is. But the PbtA games I'm familiar with - mostly AW and DW - say when a player-side move is...
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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.
I think @hawkeyefan's point is simpler than you are making it out to be. It is not a point about game play; it is a simple point about...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to definiteFreakyFishGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I've been lurking around this thread for a while, but this discussion has been very eye-opening, and it's really helping me understand...
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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 was one of a billion things I didn't talk about. Here is what I said, in the "initial post": This post is not mysterious, nor...
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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.
Forget the game for a moment. If you are trying to unlock the door of a burning building, and you fail to do so, and someone inside is...
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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.
Sure. This is the same as, when I was a child and woke up hoping to find a wonderful new Lego set at the bottom of my bed (because I'd...
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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.
See my edit. But I can't imagine what a GM's job is, if not to make things happen. That's basically the definition, no matter how...
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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 don't see how this follows at all. "There is some other description, beyond 'the lock is now open'" says nothing whatever about the...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..IME RPGs have plenty of structure around who gets to decide what, and how. This is a sort of slippery slope here.
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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.
So if you failed to get into the burning house and then someone inside burned, you would consider that "unconnected" to your attempt to...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..So, then how do you propose to explain how babies learn to communicate? Clearly your description is not fully adequate?
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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 your example, it was the front door to your house. Presumably you're not going to give up trying to go home! This isn't always true...