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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
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Except I'm not being a deliberate jerk, or any other kind of jerk for that matter. I'm simply declaring what seems like a reasonable... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Obviously the rules of the game tell the GM to do do something and the GM chose something that was plausible for the fiction of the...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'm not sure it's that strange. The posters who object to connecting the consequence to a player-side dice roll take it for granted that...
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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 originally used "unconnected" because it was for examples of a guard showing up due to a failed song when they would not have appeared...
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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.
And yet not the cause. It's just connected in a distant way. Then everything in the world is caused by everything in the world. We...
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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.
Lots. The criteria are too varied to list. I'd have to be in a game when a specific set of circumstances came up before I could figure...
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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 had not gotten out of bed this morning I would not be reading this thread. Did my getting out of bed cause me to read this?
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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 don't use a map and key, I don't get to that level of detail in my planning most of the time. On the other hand I know where relevant...
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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.
Right. I understand the philosophy behind your playstyle. This debate, though, does come down to granularity, since that's what my...
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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.
Sure. He can also add Godzilla. The ability to add stuff doesn't inherently make it a good idea. And guess what I didn't cause? That...
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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've just been given heat upthread for not following the fiction closely enough, this - given the house has otherwise been narrated as...
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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 the only info we-as-players have to go on* is that the ruby is in the house somewhere, and the GM hasn't determined its location...
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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.
And all of this makes sense. However..... ....when I made this exact point (in different terms) in a long-ago thread I got shot down...
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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 GM can have Godzilla jump out of a closet yelling "SURPRISE!" before annihilating the group with his atomic breath if they want...
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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.
It's a failure of an example. Cause and effect is direct. If I punch you in the eye, the effect is a black eye. The cause of the...