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Campbell reacted to thefutilist's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I don't really buy that for the numerous reasons the 'Nar side' has gone over. I can give you my take on what's probably happening... -
Campbell reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think this ties to what I said a ways back regarding how (techniques associated with) simulationism act as an additional layer of...
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Campbell replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Sure, and the way we establish that disposition in scene framed play is the GM decides because they believe that makes for compelling...
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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.
I don't really know how you're using "metaphysical". I'm talking about things like whether the fiction is established or implicit...
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Campbell replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..@The Firebird Scene framing is another one of those terms that could use some work. The GM is not framing discrete scenes that then run...
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Campbell reacted to soviet's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is There A New Sheriff in Town? with Like.
The lesson isn't 'D&D can be dethroned, look TSR went bankrupt'. The lesson is 'D&D is such a powerful brand that it took TSR nearly 30...
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Campbell reacted to thefutilist's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Entities operate at different granularities and this allows color to become situation whilst still being a resolution procedure rather...
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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 sort of example illustrates why I regard GM-prep-driven play, of this sort, as GM-driven. There are approaches to prep that differ...
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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.
If the dispositions are identical than, by definition, they will. @hawkeyefan and I are not making any assertion about how common such...
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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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But this can't literally be true, once we get beyond the most austere sort of map-and-key resolution. For instance, suppose that you're... -
Campbell reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't play BitD but I've been experimenting with more player-facing mechanics etc in our D&D and I empathise with both situations. I...
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Campbell reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
True, I've never played in your game, but, by your admission, they are failing fairly often. The idea that there is only challenge in...
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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.
In my view, there is not much point in trying to discuss the (actual play) guard, or the (imagined play) cook in the context of Burning...
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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.
I don't know what you mean by an "independent action roll". At the table, the GM's decision is not independent of the roll - it is the...
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Campbell reacted to Gimby's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Isn't "eeking out any way to improve the mechanical position of their PCs" exactly what players in a trad game is meant to be doing...