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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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Failure does not merely maintain the status quo when other avenues of approach exist (I should have been clearer on that the first time... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This is a dodge. If the player didn't hope those runes said what he wanted them to say, he wouldn't have defined them that way for 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 quantum runes said nothing at all. A successful check and they said what the player hoped for. A failed check and the DM made up...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Except it isn't. Going to the bathroom has no mechanical effect, nor is it a retrocausal explanation which has been expressly forbidden...
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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.
Whaddya mean there's no alternative paths? Does this house not have any other doors besides the one to the kitchen? No windows? Did...
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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.
They're only wasting their time if both of two conditions are true: 1. They cannot possibly succeed at the task they are trying, and 2...
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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.
That is incorrect. The farrier existed because it should exist in a town like that and I just forgot it, not because the player hoped...
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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.
Our opinions differ on the latter. :) If "nothing happens" is what makes fictional sense then that's what I'm gonna narrate. Ideally...
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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.
They changed from a state of uncertainty (helpful or unhelpful, map or spell or secret passage or...) to a state of certainty (helpful map).
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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.
Not in the fiction, but in reality, yes, it does cause that...it is a partial cause, the imposition of chance doesn't stop that. Now...
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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.
It's just as annoying to hear "This new stuff is so much better!" Repeatedly being told thatour games are exactly the same and ignoring...
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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.
Stating a preference doesn't have to have a deeper meaning, it's just a preference. Why do you keep pushing back? Don't like my...
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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.
Limiting the world's fiction to the GM is a feature, not a bug. I want to explore the GM's world, I don't want to create things outside...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..many of us who are taking this stance i believe, (though i cannot be able to claim to speak for everyone,) have this opinion from 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.
The fact that nothing existed before the player decided what it was going to be if they succeeded on their check is the issue for some...