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Campbell reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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You really “cannot fathom” why anyone would want to skip past the more boring aspects of play? All these discussions we’ve been... -
Campbell replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Absolutely. There are all sorts of possible arrangements for this stuff. Like Chronicles of Darkness and the Legend of the Five Rings...
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Under Loot , there is a section on Consumables. And while "food, torch, rope, etc" of base sundry items for adventure is not listed - I...
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Campbell 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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How did we go from “5e is the dominant force in the market currently so we should assume their definitions” to “well but actually we... -
As mainly a referee I tend to look at that side of things first. So campaign frames, adversaries, countdowns, downtime, etc are all...
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Campbell reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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It does? If you walk into a huge, ancient red dragon's den, and get into a knock-down, drag-out physical fight, and lose, you die. If... -
Campbell reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Great! Because "prep and player agency is in conflict" reads to many that highly value player agency as "ALL PREP IS BAD". And I think...
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Campbell reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But if you think I am talking about ways to address a conflict, you are misreading me. I will try to bring in another illustration to...
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Campbell reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
A bunch of other games have similar. Fate has mental stress, which you can take from social encounters, and in Fate Accelerated and Fate...
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Campbell reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
yep, @robertsconley is correct, i was pointing out you were subject to the flaws of a referee rather than the playstyle itself.
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Campbell reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yeah, I think that is a perfectly cromulent answer. I'm personally more happy with just playing games that run on high transparency. And...
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Campbell reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yeah, the only one really is spell slots for enchantment spells or buffs like guidance and enhance ability. Vampire allows for social...
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Campbell reacted to CellarHeroes's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Would it make more sense to you if we took away the threat? During my RPG upbringing, an encounter was anytime the PCs interacted with...
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Campbell replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I mean that D&D (the 5e texts) does not contemplate non-exploratory play or play that is not structured around discrete adventures. This...
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That’s a table choice kind of thing. From p176: “Some players love getting new weapons and armor, while others may have established an...