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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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That's kind of dodging the issue; if the players are adding things midplay its nonsensical to talk about them warping reality; they're... -
Campbell reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It reminds me of the divide between people who see pictures, character, and whole scenes play out when they read fiction and those who...
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Campbell reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
With respect, I'm not so sure it is that clear at all. I think authoring can be presented such that it is an activity one can become...
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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.
I'm only saying you seem to be describing a modal shift between "perceiving" and "authoring", enough that the mental shift can disrupt...
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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.
I thought the "rune" case was pretty orthogonal to PC history. I though the issue with the runes was the the GM defined them simply as...
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Campbell replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..@Micah Sweet The issue with "reality warping powers" is two-fold from my personal perspective: 1. You are applying the standards and...
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Campbell reacted to Umbran'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 read it that way. I feel he said that, no, the GM doesn't have to accept every player suggestion, but it is good for the GM to... -
Campbell reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That's part of why I mentioned Stonetop. Everything is not mapped out, but one might exclude tieflings anyway. That is because the facts...
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Campbell reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This is fine in my opinion, I "think" sometimes the problem arises when people assume the worst and think that the player would do...
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Campbell reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think that's an overstatement. In the simplest form - I don't generally run games online. The digital world is not a source of...
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Campbell reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I am not sure about this. When we speak of "THE social contract" on this site, we are usually talking specifically about the social...
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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.
To give an example from a few years ago. Game is 13th Age set in Greyhawk. My character is an elven princeling playboy and is in...
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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.
If you assume players are perfectly interchangeable widgits then sure it is a trivial cost. They aren't.
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Campbell reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
following the discussion back a few responses to how it was originally introduced and used it seems to be being used to refer to when...
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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 can very easily imagine memories without being pulled out of character. To me that is (part of) playing my character. Whereas having...