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Campbell reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I have, perhaps, a slightly-more-useful demonstration case for a "Fail Forward" situation. The party is chasing someone, say an... -
Campbell reacted to Gimby's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Right - this is something that makes sense in the context of games in a specific context where leveraging certain types of power alters...
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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.
That more noise is made on the failed attempt... enough to alert someone nearby. Similar to a stealth roll. I don't think either of...
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Campbell replied to the thread How many "steps" is too many?.It's based on the Armor you are wearing.
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Campbell replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I think we should be careful to avoid confusing playing game as game with playing game as game in the way we are used to. Scene framing...
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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.
Apocalypse World works around a soft move/hard move structure. Burning Wheel works around intent + task resolution. These are ways of...
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Campbell replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I do not think that games like Monsterhearts or Apocalypse World expect you to play irrational characters. I think they expect you to...
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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 Like.
Right--except you've got @AlViking wrong, and the argument from my side has never been otherwise. Of course there is cause and effect...
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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 think this is an over-generalisation. Romeo and Juliet. Les Miserables. The Great Gatsby. Howard's End. Just to name a few works that...
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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.
It was Luke Crane that coined it. I'm pretty sure I've read the thread where he did so but I'm not sure where it was, maybe storygames...
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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.
I suppose, at the end of the day, this is why things like morale rules don't apply to PC's. I believe that they should. I absolutely...
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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 think you're confusing cause and effect. In a game, like classic D&D (eg the original game, Gygax's AD&D, Moldvay/Cook/Marsh B/X)...
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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.
Yes. And I've given you some examples, but you're contesting them. For instance, you seem to think that an hour of play managing...
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Campbell reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Maybe a better turn of phrase right from the start would have been "make the characters' lives exciting" instead of "make the... -
Campbell replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Just calling them the same thing does not make them the same thing. The actual impact of the agenda and principle outlined is night and...