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Campbell replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..In game texts I have really only seen bypassing encounters addressed in regard to games where you specifically receive XP for overcoming... -
Campbell reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General 1s and 20s: D&D's Narrative Mechanics with
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I don't mind if things go terribly wrong on a result of 1 as long as it isn't framed as "LOL your character messed up, they look... -
Campbell reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Would it? I assure you for a HMTW game it absolutely does not. Again, I read so many of your posts and I’m struck over and over at how...
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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 Like.
The three-prongs: 1) The players are not given prompts by the GM - players have no clue what to choose to do, and "anything they want"...
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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.
Well, the property of there being a DM bias in all descriptions are present in many (probably most) modes of TTRPG play. But I don't...
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Campbell reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
So, in the documentary Behind the Curve, there is a scene where a prominent flat earther is talking about how some of her fellow flat...
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Campbell reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In the past I've argued that games in being constitutive of play necessitate voluntary surrenders of agencies. For example, I can play a...
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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.
I agree, but I still think it is good to have a sense of how it could impact agency. Introducing example: I have prepared a cool ranger...
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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 Like.
I find it interesting that D&D 2024, Daggerheart , and some of the other Heartbreakers that have come out/are in beta advocate more...
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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 Like.
Sure, I can see that to some extent. Though in a way the goal of the sandbox that you’ve been describing seems more about crafting as...
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Campbell reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This is what I have described upthread as the players making low-stakes action declarations in order to prompt the GM to provide them...
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There are quite a few rules in the book for how many weapons you can carry, how many you can wield, and how to swap armor you have. It...
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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 Like.
Well, I was told that Encounter was not jargon and that therefore there should be no confusion as to how it’s being used. And I’ve also...
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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.
Depends on the system. Take a look at City of Mist to see what I consider to be an extreme modification to the PbtA “system.” I’m sure...
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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 Like.
Well yes... I have a hard time believing that living on any other planet would be better than Earth. They might. Which I would think...