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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
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But why is it called failure if you succeeded at what you were trying to do? It really seems like the wrong term to use. -
AAnotherGuy reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If your issue is that fail forward means we're no longer in task resolution / sim mode, cool. You do you. An example of what fail...
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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.
But you are only considering circumstances in which it DOESN’T make sense. That is the point. If the situation was that a cook was...
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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.
Or to ask an even broader question, could you enjoy a trad-style game if you knew the DM was just making everything as they want along...
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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
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When I run any of my games right now, if a PC “fails” a roll the first question in my head is: given the fictional circumstances and... -
AAnotherGuy reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Haha.
PC: I'm going to try and pick the lock. AnotherGuy: Okay, the DC is 1-0-1-0-0.
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AAnotherGuy replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Out of curiosity - @pemerton @hawkeyefan and anyone else who is knowledgeable on this matter re Narrative games. Does Fail Forward play...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Kind of amazing how an example designed to make fail forward look ridiculous makes it look ridiculous. A much more artful version of the...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread EN World What you thought a thread title said. with Haha.
For just an instant, I thought a thread title said "Chance for a Werewolf?" Turns out that last word was actually "Warlord."
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AAnotherGuy replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Interesting. Yes, to commentary but no to criticism. I use Fail Forward/Success with Complication. I also use Binary as I've said way...
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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 Haha.
Meanwhile everyone in the house is now wide awake listening to these guys have a long conversation in the garden...
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AAnotherGuy replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Cross-posted on my edit :)
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AAnotherGuy reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Haha.
GM: So, knock has a verbal component, right? [rolls some dice in secret, checks their notes, and manifests their signature grin]
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AAnotherGuy replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..GM: The party approaches the door and discovers it is locked. Rogue player: My rogue quickly scratches around his satchel for his thief...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
dear lord, i missed one day of visiting this thread and i ended up catching up on it for days.