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CreamCloud0 reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I agree that framing it as putting X at stake on roll is not the same as choosing the prize. It's not easy to formulate precisely why... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
On player driven Do we all agree that the failure or success with complication states of fail forward resolution introduce GM-driven...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
As a GM I am absolutely not interested in doing content generation myself. I find myself attracted to prewritte adventures, but I have...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Sure. Just as X decides what the prize is (the runes will be beneficial) is not the same as X drew the winning lot.
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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
Haha.
Come on, Max - it's blatantly obvious what the runes said before the roll: S - C - H - R - O - E - D - I - N - G - E - R :) -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Failure does not merely maintain the status quo when other avenues of approach exist (I should have been clearer on that the first time...
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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.
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...