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Campbell reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Or alternatively, "Using this technique actively works against things I and people like me want out of our gaming experience" without... -
Campbell reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I look at it this way. Saying "this technique works if you use Assumption A. This same technique fails if you Assumption B." is... -
Campbell reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It is illustrating fail forward. Failed attempt at kidnap => word on the street of a knife-wielding assailant. Failed Sing to try and...
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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 Love.
I don't know, you tell me? The games that I play have momentum, events in motion, trajectories of threat and promise. I've posted many...
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Campbell reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Love.
This is a good description of the difference. I want to feel like things I don't know matter and have weight, because it amplifies the...
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Campbell replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..When talking about fiction-first games the fiction refers to the shared/established fictional situation the table has agreed upon. It...
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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 mean I don’t think the original quote applies to those OSR players who are focused on skilled play, and any story that shows up is...
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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.
Who says it often doesn't happen? Have you been on many overland expeditions? I haven't. My experience with them, such as it is, comes...
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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 Love.
I've posted numerous examples over the whole course of this thread. I can tell you what Harper is saying. I anticipate I will then be...
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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 Love.
You keep pointing to an example where the consequence - the screaming cook - has not been telegraphed, has not been expressly or...
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Campbell reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think he's talking about the differences in the two playstyles. In our playstyle, the climb is its own discreet event and is 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.
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.
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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...