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CreamCloud0 reacted to Old Fezziwig'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 find her arguments completely compelling, but I don't think that's her intention. She's arguing that the numerical... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's also you dodging the questions like a pro. If you put down a sign, written in a language the PCs could read, can the PCs/players...
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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 keep repeating the same argument but have yet to provide one external source to support your definition. It's wasn't convincing...
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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.
It doesn't. It however should aim to reflect the reality of the fiction it is depicting, and presumably in the fiction some things are...
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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.
Fair enough, but I'd really like to avoid having to worry about rules for all the various gunpowder-based weapons; never mind those...
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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.
<sigh> You love your pedantry, don't you? It's not cute. OK, so if the sign was in a language they could read, would they get to hope...
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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.
Once again, since you missed it when you read the Oxford site and apparently again when I quoted it directly to you, "diegesis (adj...
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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.
So it happens without the audience? It seems to me that the audience being required makes it an element. Without the audience to...
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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.
No. The mechanic is not our experience. Period. It is not in any way the thing in your head being imagined. It is a pointer. An...
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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.
Wrong. If spiders are a part of the world, then so are spiderwebs. And spiders get everywhere. This is an example of the off screen...
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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.
Just on target? How accurate is it? Where is it going to hit? What is the speed? These depend on the skill of the user. If this...
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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.
It seems like it would depend highly on the skill of the thrower; or rather, the quality of the throw. It is easier to dodge a poor...
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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.
Just because this thread doesn't have enough tangents, I've kind of cycled through multiple explanations for why there is not gunpowder...
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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.
Only the bolded portions are steps. The rest is player conversation. You can remove it and nothing would change. There aren't really...
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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.
I suspect most DMs simply handwave it that the faux-Chinese in their settings never invented gunpowder, for whatever reason, and leave...