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AAlViking reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Mate! You are the one who has been filling this thread with pages of hysterical rants about tyrannical straw GMs! -
AAlViking reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I disagree. I've been using D&D as a toolkit for many years, and every day just adds more tools to the box. My current game uses the...
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AAlViking reacted to Maggan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I agree. This poll asked about the DM excluding things. https://www.enworld.org/threads/dm-imposed-restrictions-to-the-game.701956/...
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AAlViking reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Knowing what the thing simulated by the mechanic actually looks like in the imagined world is very far from "into the weeds". EDIT More...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..The issue is that you are really, really redefining the word and you have never once linked to a source that contradicts the dictionary...
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AAlViking reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No. D&D is just a game system, which can be used to represent many different worlds. Not every world needs to include everything the...
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AAlViking reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
So you are content to know that in D&D, attacks can miss due to the disadvantage imposed by their target dodging? Can you say how you...
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..My main world is decades old. Occasionally I create a separate world for a different group or as a change of pace.
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AAlViking replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I've already answered. The reason you fall of a cliff is because as a player your didn't hit the target number. Any other answer no...
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AAlViking reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Also, at least to me, most of that world building world is not about the system. It is about the fiction, coming up with places, people...
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AAlViking reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The accusation itself is oblivious to information normally added by participants in conveying system results into their fiction. Here's...
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AAlViking reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't think the player wanting to ignore the setting and/or campaign concept is "a mild request." People who want to play wookiee jedi...
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AAlViking reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Your framing of one person obeying another is not how the hobby is enjoyed amongst friends. I would not frame football (soccer for the...
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AAlViking reacted to Emerikol's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think good DMs are rare period. Well, if the DM goes to the trouble of building an extensive and deep campaign, I think we should...
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AAlViking reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Do you mean, how can rolling dice support clonking someone with a heavy piece of flanged metal, given rolling dice isn't actually doing...