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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
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I don't speak for others, but my position is that ultimate cause and effect are irrelevant to the mechanical task being accomplished... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
So the game is supposed to give descriptions of everything that happens? Everything tree, leaf, bug? Do they need to be able to...
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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.
If I were to run a burning house scenario there would be a set number of rounds the character had to achieve a rescue. The number would...
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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.
If they would have died anyway had I done nothing, my failing to get into the building didn't change anything.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Connected yes. Connected close enough to be tied to the pick lock roll? Not in my opinion. Suppose they get the door open the first...
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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.
I'm having a hard time imagining how this situation could ever arise. The GM is responsible for the truth and veracity of the setting...
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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.
I'm happy to begin and end with the fiction, but if as a player the game lets me try to establish some of that fiction (that's not yet...
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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.
From a personal, in my game where it matters perspective, I'm afraid it is.
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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.
I've never been in a situation where I actively wanted the truth of the fiction to be less true, in the sense that I didn't find it fun.
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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.
You folks seem to really like to make denigrating comments about trad play philosophies in the course of "proving your point". Dont see...
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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.
The cause of the people dying in the house is the fire. I do not cause someone to die because I failed to prevent their death.
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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.
More than two things can going on simultaneously. If the clock is ticking down for the survival of the person inside the house the...
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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.
I must be under a rock then, or you might be wrong about how wide-spread a concept that conforms to your preferences actually is. Who...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Could the DnDNext Sorcerer be revived as its own class? with Like.
Precisely. A Swordmage is not "I am a physical combatant who happened to dabble in magic." Yet a Swordmage is also not "I am a magician...
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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.
Part of the disconnect here is that you seem to be using "clock" to refer to some form of metagame countdown timer unrelated to...