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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
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Hang on, so now you're back to quoting some random website? I don't see why I should take it seriously as a guide to how to play RPGs. -
Campbell replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Perhaps you could keep it to the actual principles involved, rather than providing play examples that do a poor job of reflecting the...
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Campbell replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Why are we assuming the GM has not put any work into establishing stakes here? That they have telegraphed no dangers? Because if it's...
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Campbell replied to the thread Should PCs Be Exceptional?.How exceptional the characters are compared to the general population will vary from game to game, but I generally characters to be...
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Campbell reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes, exactly. But that’s why you reference experts, they have access to the evidence to support the claims they’re making. But I’m not...
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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.
Because I referred to the Burning Wheel rulebooks as evidence of how Luke Crane - one of the designers who coined the notion "fail...
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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.
I don't understand where you're getting "any one of hundreds" of rolls. Are you assuming a random event table? However, I can't imagine...
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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.
Let's approach it from a perspective of what is more realistically likely play. First, the intensity and salience of any given bit of...
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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.
Because why not? The characters are traveling. We should assume all sorts of things they do while traveling. Foraging and hunting would...
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Campbell replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It's a skill that needs to be developed and you are basically starting at square one as a GM. Experience running more conventional games...
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Campbell replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Fail Forward isn't one consistent thing. Different games have different implementations and often different conceptions of it in their...
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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.
Yes! You are saying you’d rather spend time on the herb gathering on the off-chance that something interesting happens. I’m saying I’d...
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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.
Here's a piece of GM advice from In A Wicked Age (p 10): Playing with details Whenever you describe something - describe your character...
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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.
I accept that you have different preferences. I don’t accept your description of mine. I mean, I expect that when you think someone’s...
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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.
As I posted, why do I care how some random website defines "fail forward" when I know how the actual RPG invented by one of those who...