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CreamCloud0 reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Isn't it? Maybe the phrasing isn't quite right. My experience is that trying to succeed at a task in these games becomes a game of "what... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It feels better, provides a stronger sense for immersion for those who care about it, etc. The difference is subjective, but plenty real...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..i feel like you must've been told several times over by now, please stop claiming no-one's explained it to you: the difference is that...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yeah, certainly. I think the narrative systems give players more agency, separate from their characters, to change the fiction, and I...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In our playstyle it would be against our unwritten (see social contract) play principles for the DM to just arbitrarily decide such...
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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 nothing happens prevents the game from continuing then I consider it poor GMing. The specific action you took doesn't succeed, there...
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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.
Forcing the GM to be creative has nothing to do with why I don't like fail forward. It's about the fact that on a failure something...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's true, that game would not work for me. What I'd say is that trad gaming can work for me, under the condition that the GM is...
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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.
Kind of related to all of this, I sometimes practice what's called lucid dreaming. If you're unfamiliar with the practice, it's when...
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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 have never thought that D&D was best for sim. It allows for sim, it has many trappings of it, and can be adjusted to move further in...
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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.
Then there is no roll to determine surprise, because stealth doesn't determine it. Perception does. You can have all the stealth in the...
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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 tried to explain a while back how long ago I would unwittingly break that sense of verisimilitude by using what I call OTAs...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I want to pull out this example, because I think it is even more clear than the cook one and comes from actual play. I get what you are...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Ok, this is a good start. But, I think you are missing the point of why we're choosing this example. It's illustrating an extreme case...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I get your point, but I don't think it is true. I don't see why the simulation has to simulate something at that level of detail to be...