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    Tell Me About Your Experiences Joining an Existing Gaming Group/TTRPG Campaign

    Online or in-person? If online just curious as to why you may join a monetized version of the hobby.
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    I do not use it like that. That's very much the kind of bias I do not want to be participating in for my games.
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    D&D 5E Couple new Ideas, gauging interest

    We've been using the spending HD to refresh ANY ability now for almost 7 years. The HD spend is determined via whether it is a Long or Short rest ability and the level required at which you are using it. For instance, an Action Surge for 1 attack has a different spend for an Action Surge with 2...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    There are a couple of mitigating factors I believe. The overarching campaign has been set up with twists and pulls in various directions (That's on me) This storyline (not campaign) is reaching its conclusion from about a decade's worth of roleplaying. It is our ACT 2. The tension is high as the...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    I would imagine given the necessary character motivations this is maybe more prevalent in PbtA games? I suspect the slower pace of trad D&D helps alleviate some of this issue? Although having several heads negotiating the story may help rather than dumping that responsibility all on one person...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    You'd think someone would have told Michael Bay that by now
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    I'm not sure, I suspect this may be subjective. As a player for me it depends on two things - the eloquence of the GM and how much time my head space is out of the fiction dealing with the meta.
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    Wizards of the Coast Hiring New Lead Designer and Head of Game Ecosystem for D&D

    They still banging on this empty promise?
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    I'm not familiar with RuneQuest but can you please provide an example by what you believe is more grounded about the PC expression or action resolution in RQ? I suspect it may be a lower magic setting too than D&D.
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    Exactly, I think people misinterpreted my comment as these are universally applicable or that absolute failure was off the table. That is not the case. I will say that I do not consider myself as running a Living World but more a World in Motion - and I came to this belief from conversations in...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    Ah I see. I generally use these tools in increments of 5 as is common for 5e and actual failure is always on the cards. I posted upthread an example of how I ran the Persuasion check for one of our scenes at the table. Standard failure was part of it.
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    I can see instances where this could clash. Just from my perception, using the idea of picking a lock Success with a complication - You pick the lock but someone on the other side of the door calls out. Perhaps a GM who runs a Living World would have issues with this if they are indeed...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    I actually really enjoy Fail Forwards, Success with Complications and Degrees of Failure/Success. As a DM you can allow for an increase in stakes (I'm thinking like poker), take the story in interesting directions and if the players are aware of the mechanics involved beforehand it elevates the...
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    D&D 5E Tyranny of Dragons - mechanising the Scorecard

    Thanks. We have just finished up with the 4th Council Meeting and the table definitely enjoyed the player-facing Scorecard and having to produce arguments to change the Councilors minds on opinions in the past while also influenced by the rewards gained by each councilors at the various...
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    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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