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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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Agreed! If the presence is fixed, then the roll could, in principle, have been rolled at any time. I could do it years in advance... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Look at the rules! Swords are made of metal and have edges that slash for physical damage. They come in longswords short swords...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You'd like to think, but that seems to be the first place a lot of people's brains go on a failed climb check unless the system...
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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.
Holy semantical nonsense Batman! There's no lock picking skill, there's only proficiency with thieves tools whose only purpose is to...
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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.
A satisfying conclusion to the story being told.
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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 direct cause was a failed climb check. The crumbling rock was just fluff on why the climb check failed.
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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.
Cliff - DC 15, unstable rocks. Fixed. On a 1-in-6 chance, a guard is present. Fixed. A cook may or may not be present, depending on...
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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.
The game world isn't being changed. The crumbly rocks were there beforehand and are there afterward, as evidenced by the DC of the...
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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.
The rock is pre-established and is there whether they climb or not.
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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.
First, they aren't probably moving about. Very few people are constantly roaming around the house at every minute of the day. They are...
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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.
Surprise depends on passive perception beating the DC of the roll of the stealth. So passive perception is the king here. Let me ask...
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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.
Simulations frequently gloss over details and the rules cannot fill in all the details for everything. You don't get to decide which...
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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 player hoping it was something dictated that it was the thing they hoped for because they succeeded. They shaped the world to what...
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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.
Assuming the ship can be turned in time to miss the iceberg. That's what did in the Titanic: the ship's design was such that it took so...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..you don't see how 'on a success you navigated the weak sections of the wall and reached the top, on a failure you didn't and fell' is...