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CreamCloud0 reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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CreamCloud0 reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I agree for the most part but there are times when a failure is just not moving forward. If someone is searching a room a check may...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes you did tell me what I should do If I overreacted I apologize but there seems to be a theme of "the new way is always better and...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I have a problem with them if I'm running a more grounded game, with the Living World precepts we've talked about in this thread. "Even...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Why should I just give success when the fiction (or the rules) dictates success isn't guaranteed? That's why we roll: to see if they...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I have no problem with fail-forward as a concept. A Blades in the Dark heist would not be the same, mad rush into ever more precarious...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Agreed as to what you say in the literal sense, however in a lot of countries (including the one I'm in) "conservative" carries almost...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D Debuts Playtest for Psion Class with Like.
It really feels more like a streamlining that makes it more straightforward than a complication. Like most 2024 changes, it isn't major...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Perhaps more to the point, and despite narrative games' insistence to the contrary, there is nothing wrong with "nothing happens" being...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The question is whether a) play is specifically intended to actively create and maintain a coherent narrative, whether pre-planned or...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But what players care about varies widely. It's not always about wining or losing. Sometimes it's looking cool in an outrageous hat.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I would suggest that it would be much more reasonable to say that, "a GM prioritising the same sort of pacing and the same types of...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Sure, as long as you're enjoying the play. GMs get to have fun too, and they shouldn't IMO have to get that exclusively from fulfilling...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Whereas I feel there's nothing wrong with a GM whose fun in the hobby comes from something more than doing whatever my players want. I'm...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Again, nothing wrong with sharing preferences and styles and discussing how we do things. Someone might even use this as an opportunity...