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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
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I did like using the line of sight and darkness/fog rules with Roll20, especially in cases where the party got split up a bit and... -
AAnotherGuy replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This is true. There some interesting ways to still give some agency to players. If a PC is affected by something that robs them of...
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AAnotherGuy replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I'm not great with IT, I tend to use Discord, but the positives are One can get through material rather rapidly in a short space of...
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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
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Yeah, I pretty much hate remote gaming myself. Did the whole Roll20 thing for a while during COVID and it was just okay. Unfortunately... -
AAnotherGuy reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
To play devil's advocate to support a method I personally would not use: on either success or failure the door is unlocked. The sleight...
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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.
This is a huge part of why I am such a cautious player myself, and why I have put in a great deal of effort into making sure my players...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General How Do I Help Mentor a GM Making Rookie Mistakes? with Like.
Does your group do after action reports or otherwise discuss how the game is going away from actual play time? That would be a good time...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to payn's post in the thread D&D General How Do I Help Mentor a GM Making Rookie Mistakes? with Like.
This seems like the best move. Sounds like the GM is making a lot of gut checks without a lot of experience in how the game works...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to Retreater's post in the thread D&D General How Do I Help Mentor a GM Making Rookie Mistakes? with Like.
As I’ve mentioned in other posts, I’m a Forever GM who tends to be a “bad player” on the rare occasions I get to play. I don’t...
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AAnotherGuy replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This kind of play, I feel, is fostered because of D&D where the overwhelming real consequence in the game is PC Death (even for NPCs)...
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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.
In fairness, I've DMed and played with one or two players who seemed constitutionally incapable of doing anything the least bit gonzo...
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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.
With the bolded, I agree. I don't need mechanics to force me to do it. It doesn't play nice with the "no companion left behind" types...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Ok, let's back up a second shall we? We're all DM's. All of us here are running games. So, that means that every single poster here...
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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.
At this point I think every single poster in this thread that's even a mild proponent of the concept of Fail Forward in any game has...
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AAnotherGuy reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I just want to state for the record that I would very happily try games run by either @hawkeyefan or @Maxperson