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AAnotherGuy replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..The reason I introduced new tools was because there were parts of the game I wasn't enjoying not because any of my players had issues.
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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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This kind of framing of the discussion is what I really, truly don't get. Why would I have any interest in making my game more... -
AAnotherGuy reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You’re taking the word narrative too literally. Yes, every campaign results in a sequence of events connected through time, so a...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Again, that's not the purpose of play for me and for all RPGs, it is a consequence of how the game works.
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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.
I'm with @Micah Sweet on this one. I don't set out to tell an interesting story, I set out to play an interesting and engaging game...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If anyone running DW is moving you backwards on a 7+, they're not following the rules. Here's the difference though, 7+ advances the...
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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 that's what a lot of this thread has been about, when not getting sidetracked into arguments about definition and so on. I'll...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I can't help but think PF2 really didn't understand the value of defaulting mechanics like Take 10, I suspect largely as a result of...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
AW is the major leagues while 5e is high school ball? Yeah, like that's not going to put some noses out of joint...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to FrozenNorth's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think this is a very good point and it gets at an issue I had with a D&D adjacent game, PF2. In PF2, you can make a Medicine roll...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes, pacing matters in every play style, but that’s not the issue here. What matters is how pacing is handled, and that’s one of several...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Question: if you don't use maps then how do the players know or remember what is where in relation to what? For example, is Karnos...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I mean, I don't think it's particularly controversial to point out that for D&D, or at least traditional D&D (3e and before), the point...
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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.
To me it's like discussing American Football and everywhere-else-in-the-world Football along with half the time not explain when posting...
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AAnotherGuy posted the thread D&D 5E Tyranny of Dragons - mechanising the Scorecard in *Dungeons & Dragons.As our table is approaching the end of the Tyranny of Dragons adventure path while concurrently running Storm King’s Thunder (STK), Out...