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Yeah, I'd ask "survivor of what?" If it's "Survive at all costs" that's going to mean different things then "survivor of the war" or... -
Oh the "optimizer" discussion, my only problem player in that regard has been a player who was just a freaking spotlight hog across the...
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Campbell replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Dark Sun, problematic content, and 5E….I'll second this. Most of the ultra-hardcore grim dark uber alles 40K fans just don't pay attention to 40K media. That's not the world...
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Campbell replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This is correct. Basically: 1. Player says what their character does and what they are trying to achieve. 2. GM either says that...
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@overgeeked Your definition of "optimizer" from the previous thread is both ridiculous and insulting, frankly. You're straight-up...
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It literally is not. First off, CharOp in DH is limited in much the same way 5E is - we're talking PCs basically between 7/10 and 10/10...
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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
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I think the point here is that the GM has to agree with the stakes first - it's not that the roll is made and then on a success the... -
In a word ... YES. TTRPGs are a social game, part of that is following Wheaton's Law. "Don't be a dick." And tbh, I dislike the blanket...
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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.
No. In D&D combat, no one decides who lives and who dies. A mechanical process is used, and all the participants are agreed to go along...
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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.
Oh it may even have been me! I have no doubt that it was brought up. I just don’t know in what context, or who brought it up first and...
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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, this is what I did. I said “this roll isn’t so much about making it to the top as it is about how fast you can do so because the...
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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.
That was the part I found really interesting. Accepted that "the specifics... rarely matter", I found myself wondering why they rarely...
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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.
Yeah wasn’t including you there, just grousing about how often I see people who should know better making assumptions not that different...
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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.
Right. I post about Apocalypse World and (less frequently) Dungeon World based on my knowledge of them. I've thought a lot about AW...
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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.
Also the non-ghost player is decidedly not “fit!” The expected outcome is generally “eaten by ghost.” For some additional context to...
