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CreamCloud0 reacted to Emerikol's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I think the burden is on the player and if no compromise can be reached then the player leaves or accepts the DMs decision. This is of... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Maggan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I don't know about that, though. In this thread I've learned that everything can be explained by pixies. All the way down, it's all... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You are the only I've seen that adds the bolded. Diegetic: existing or occurring within the world of a narrative rather than as...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes, you can absolutely do it, but then it is pointless to insist that playing "an elf" or "a dragonborn" without the context of what...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I started designing my current setting Artra probably about a year before the game actually began. At that point I had no idea whether...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes, but those things are unrelated to the simulation! Furthermore, you are not merely combining odds of several things you are...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Emerikol's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I didn't say that about narrative games. I do think DMs should be upfront during the recruitment stage. I like to put out something...
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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.
Maybe But did you see @Lanefan 's post #19,056? D&D General - [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. I think it looks...
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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.
Well, to be pedantic about it, narration of weather is caused by the PCs sending their characters on a journey. I think we can all...
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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.
Quite intentionally so. :) As background for the most part, until a party killed off some "wandering" Drow in the desert without...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That's like saying the weather is caused by stepping outside your door. The idea of "simulationist" is there is always weather. The DM...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I expect a new player joining my group will learn how my group functions, not expect us to change to emulate some pre-conceived idea...
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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.
Take a movie or TV show. A tremendous amount goes on behind the scenes that the audience(in general) knows nothing about. Yet movies...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Now, as much as I've sung the praises of collaborative setting building, I do see the real downside here. I have a player whose primary...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Ultimately I feel the fundamental building blocks of the setting are my responsibility as a GM, and I don't need or want input on those...