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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
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At that point wouldn’t a world in which genre was the world truth, wouldn’t simulating those genre elements through process be... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
They can. Process sim is about simulating the world as it is, diegetic things in it, so if the world in question contains dragons and...
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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.
But using conjecture even more highlights the difference between d&d and the runes because we can easily spot the differences from...
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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.
Presumably it was predetermined that there are people in the castle so in that sense no. But like I said, it is matter of zoom level. If...
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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.
This tangent was taken from discussions of fail forward techniques. There's nothing wrong with those techniques (even if I don't really...
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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.
Have you ever played billiards? You know, hit the white ball with a cue trying to hit another ball into a pocket, called pool in 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.
Once again, if you are skilled at carving little wooden figures and you carve 30 little men that are supposed to look the same. Not...
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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.
Not only did I not ignore it, I explicitly addressed it in my last post. I think you were reading too quickly. Now for the...
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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.
Problem with the runes example was not that it was made up on the spot. If the GM had decided on the spot before any roll was made what...
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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.
I think you're mistaken here. I remember plenty of modifiers for physical skills based on situation at least.
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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.
How I approach this, which seems to be common, is that I setup the local situation pertinent for the characters, and then do not...
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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, as the causal process needs to be diegetic as well.
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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 mean, the mechanics you use do not simulate that, or if they do, they're constructed in such an illogical manner that it is utterly...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to definiteFreakyFishGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
So it feels like what some folks are saying is that ability modifier like "STR +3" is not diegetic. If I were to change the +3 to a...
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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.
I still don't agree because of my position in this thread, but that does make more sense for her argument.