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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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What I don't understand is why people can't just let it go. Different games have different goals, different processes. Different people...
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No, I think @Enrahim has it right here. People seem to be getting tripped up on the idea that random rolls are fixed content. Yes, they...
Jun 21, 2025
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If I consider the cook a wandering monster, which I could for a mansion, then sure. It would be a separate wandering monster roll that...
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If you have a specific issue with how I said I ran the game then please offer it. Otherwise a general "you are just bad at this" is not...
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The perception check abstracts and reflects something that the character inherently does all the time. No one is ever paying attention...
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I think earlier we teased this apart as if the theif broke in at dinner time there’s probably a chef around so no issue. If the thief...
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So let me get this straight. The only reason @The Firebird didn't like your preferred game was because of ignorance? Are we not...
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It's not a question of how far in advance it has to be made up, it's a question of what's made up remaining the same regardless of what...
Jun 21, 2025
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So have you never been surprised? Does it matter what you were doing other than not hearing something or not looking in a specific...
Jun 21, 2025
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Then you are really bad at making assessments. If multiple people are making checks, a single success means success for the group...
Jun 21, 2025
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As DM I have an established world, established scenario. I know if there's someone or something on the other side of the door or not...
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Ok, first, your language is a bit confusing, as a trad sandbox adventure is not explicitely expressing what is happening. Rather it is...
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Given that for the entirety of my time playing RPGs I've been in games where success wasn't 100%, I never realized that I(or my players...
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No it isn't. Those do not model reality. They are closer than D&D, but to really model a real combat, each person would have to be...
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To be clear you were correct. I'm just done with answering the same pointless accusation.
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