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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
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I agree it's more complex that needed and not necessary. However, it does meet the requirements of some people who play the game. For... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Close. The players typically roll to determine how the PC affects the fictional world. The PC is the buffer in-between the two...
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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.
Rough to climb takes crumbling rocks into account. It's not adding in a detail retroactively to have a rock crumble under the climbers...
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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 not arbitrary. The guard patrols the house at a walking pace. There are X number of rooms and it takes Y time to walk them all...
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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.
D&D doesn't provide specific details, but it does provide framework in which the DM's details have to fit. When the simulated swordsman...
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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.
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...
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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.
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...