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AAlViking reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I proposed this kind of thing earlier, and I've been thinking about it since. I think it solves a little better for player agency than... -
AAlViking reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Okay. Let me try and explain. So if a random encounter is successfully rolled, that monster is in that spot. Period. It was always...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I'm not even a big fan of heroic inspiration. :) I understand it as a game mechanic and I see why they do it but meta currency always...
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AAlViking reacted to Nikosandros's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) So what's going on with the October book? with Like.
Honestly, I find Dragon Heist both terrible and great. The adventure itself, IMHO, is terrible. Linear, stupid and boring. I would never...
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AAlViking reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes, the DM can do a lot of things...this specific type of thing does not result in gameplay that I, as a player or GM, find satisfying...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It's not to simply disagree with a narrative approach, it's a stance that I've had for a long time. I run games with a simulation...
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AAlViking reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The cute jargon in a lot of these games really rubs me the wrong way, to be honest. Probably a me thing, but I feel how I feel.
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AAlViking reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yeah, the scenario "on a 7 to 9, you pick the lock but the door squeaks and the cook who was in the next room the whole time hears you"...
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AAlViking reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
As has been said to you many times before, while you clearly don't care about the difference, others do. I'd argue it's the crux of the...
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AAlViking reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It might help them go undetected by potential observers, but it shouldn't affect the presence of potential observers.. Edit: did you...
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AAlViking reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I am replying this far back, as your back and forth with @Maxperson is a dead end. You are right about that the roll determines the...
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AAlViking reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
it's not inconsistent, the wandering monster is not being determined by the same roll that the players are using for a check, it is...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I'll take a few moments to come up with the details before they do the break-in. Before they actually take any action I'll have an...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..One of the oddest jargon phrases we hear now and then is IIRC "In order to do something, do it." Which, without the detailed...
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AAlViking reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes, I agree. But this isn't what the roll is doing. Compare three cases: 1) A master thief with fixed world abilities would get a...