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AAnotherGuy reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I just stopped, pretty much. I was already running a very low prep, high improv style of game at the time (I had a large group of... -
AAnotherGuy replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..How have you overcome illusionism for your table? Did you become more structured/constrained in your biases - i.e. GM Decides? I found...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
For me, it was a moment when my players were being all awed by my awesomeness, and I pulled the curtain back and said, "This is how I...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Is it spoken aloud? Or is it all soft-touch implication, presumed details, and unstated expectations? Because illusionism is fully... -
AAnotherGuy replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..You're right, two thoughts in one sentence. I'll amend it to say what I meant. I agree with this. And the hollowness you speak of is...
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AAnotherGuy replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..DMs who can do this indefinitely either (a) Have players who do not know any better (b) Do not know better themselves. This, I suspect...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
We had a thread where I made exactly this argument. It was repeatedly rejected or ignored. You may peruse that thread if you like. Or...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That sounds reasonable to me. I certainly wouldn't dispute that by choosing to set my next sandbox in the Savage Realms, encouraging the...
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AAnotherGuy replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Sure, avoided is a better word. Agree. That scenario with much less detail prepped by me, happened. The idea was the ambush was to...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In the fiction, the PCs avoided an ambush. How was it resolved at the table? That will depend very much on the system details. For...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think you may have misread his post. He changed his decision so that the PC was not killed by the critical hit.
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AAnotherGuy replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..How would you describe as an example whereby the party became aware of an ambush on their lives so they cast invisibility and made their...
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AAnotherGuy replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Like I said I don't have an issue with any of the above...since we share a lot of it. My contention is not necessarily that GM decides...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You’ve misunderstood what I meant. Part of the intent of a world/city that has events happening independent of player action that then...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Thing like HP max drain when I know there will likely be multiple encounters before the drain can be reversed, stuns or abilities that...