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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
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Also the non-ghost player is decidedly not “fit!” The expected outcome is generally “eaten by ghost.” For some additional context to... -
AbdulAlhazred reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No, the GM decided based on the idea the player expressed as the hope of their character… which was reasonable and didn’t contradict...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..The authoring of fiction in Narrativist play is quite structured, in general. For example in DW the 'blacksmith scenario' could proceed...
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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.
GNS is about characterising play, and the suitability of RPGs for various sorts of play. Whether you think the three categories are...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Right, so 4e is of course a bit different from BW in that it's not specifically adjudicating intent at the level of a specific check. It...
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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 that 4e D&D is a variant of D&D. And "fail forward" is a key idea in 4e D&D, especially skill challenge resolution. And Burning...
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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 "don't be a weasel" comes from Mouse Guard. And is also affirmed in the BW Adventure Burner. There is a degree of...
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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
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We could classify the trad GM’s process as quantum as well. That until he writes that the Amulet of Agonar is in the chest in Room 8, it... -
AbdulAlhazred reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But this makes everything that is unknown "quantum superposition"! Which is not what quantum superposition is. I mean, I don't know -...
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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.
Why does the testimony of @Firebird outweigh that of @AbdulAlhazred, or any other poster in this thread, as to what is "likely"? No...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think this more effectively explain the issue with your reasoning: I got a similar vibe from @Campbell 's exelent post a while back...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I OTOH am not understanding a distinction. Either way the GM made fundamentally the same calculation, that a map would be fun. In both...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I think this brings us closer to an understanding. Dungeon World repeatedly admonishes the participants, especially the GM, to speak to...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Agreed, they can be a form of control of the story. They're, interestingly not generally a part of Narrativist play (and I am happy to...
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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.
Yet there are other, different, people who find those games to be too "boardgamey". The variance in perception is kinda wild.