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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
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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 character in the fiction had no way of knowing what the runes would say before they interpreted them. The odds of the runes being...
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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.
Wait ... rolling a percentile dice is diegetic but rolling a D20 is not?
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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.
Diegetic music: the characters in the film an also hear it. So? The character falling off the cliff also knows they're falling. Show...
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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 rope broke and he slipped... The rock crumbled and he slipped... There are many reasons for slipping, but slipping itself isn't a...
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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.
In a non-magical world, I'm fully on board with this. D&D worlds, however, almost without exception not only have magic, they have lots...
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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, obviously it is, as it's my own setting we're talking about! Someone coming in with no knowledge except what 5e is is probably in...
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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, and the guys who work making toys for Santa Claus at the north pole. Thumbelina was more seen as a sprite or pixie, I think...
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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.
Thing is, I too could start a sandbox game in well under six months. Well under six days, if it came to that; likely even under six...
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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.
No. What's surprising is just how much complaining there is about GM-led games, and GMs in general.
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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.
They are not isolated rules. The ability check rules, the strength rules, the equipment rules, and the DC rules are all part of the...
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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.
Its hard in D&D because magical transport is so vigorous; in slightly less magically potent settings, isolated on a continent away from...
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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.
Because there is no requirement to know WHY it happened. Only that it happen entirely within the fiction, and that we the players can...
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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.
You're adding words and requirements that are not in the definition. Soundtrack in a movie? Not diegetic. Person getting eaten by a...
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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.
Whereas to me it is perfectly clear that intelligent species of the setting are on of its most defining features, and the idea that you...