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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
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How long does resolving an action take in your game? How much time with a simple "It doesn't work" take out of your game? Because that's... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You said the atomization of actions is "unnatural". I disagree. It's a different way of handling things but I find it quite natural...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Maybe you're doing a really bad job of explaining the difference. So far, all you've said is "it's different!" and "Hoping something...
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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.
I like that better, but sufficient connection seems quite subjective (unless we are also going to define what is and isnt sufficient)...
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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.
Combat is abstracted differently in different games. I'm not especially happy with all those points of abstraction in D&D's combat, but...
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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 comment you were replying to says: This doesn't just encompass a change from A --> B; i.e., the runes were a guacamole recipe, and...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Horwath's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with Like.
I agree with that 100% and I have stated several suggestion that can be instead of mandatory HM, which is in it's base pretty meh. it's...
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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.
Don't want to move too fast, but reread Faolyn's post, especially the bold. She doesn't see the interpretation as silly because it is...
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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.
In the fiction they don't change. At the table they do. If Bob declared the action rather than Alice, Bob might have some other...
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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.
I've seen a few like @Faolyn say that not having fail forward or similar is boring. But that seems to presuppose there's no other way...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class..i agree with this but not so much the rest of your post, HM can burn in a fire for all i care but that's besides the point. pick...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class..this is why i think they ought to be putting more heft into species and background options, to mitigate those sparse first few levels...
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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.
Which points out what might be a difference here. When I think of what happens in the fiction due to a roll, I'm thinking of 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 can understand that for some games any test or roll is a bigger event, but in a D&D or similar game? Rolling and narrating what...
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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.
Boring is, of course, relative. We're all welcome to ignore or abstract away what ever parts of play we don't find fun.