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CreamCloud0 reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Rats, I swore to myself I would be out right after post 20,000, and just above I find I authored 20,002. Is there no escaping this thread! -
CreamCloud0 reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I like this example. With a trapdoor, you already know its function. Your roll is to utilise its function. With the runes, you do not... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No it doesn't. Yep. You CAN do those things. Not will. And that's the definition of obedient, not authority. You see, if someone...
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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.
No it doesn't. Absolutely false. My definition has never been that the DM cannot disrupt the game. Hell, I even said earlier 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.
That's not what I said. The context of what I said was that it MUST fit within both what the mechanics tell us AND the prior narrative...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Post 20,000! Let’s give it up for post 20,000! Wooo!
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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.
If it's not about solving puzzles then why was such an obvious solve-this-puzzle situation presented?
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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 all fairness, taken at face value I have to agree with this. Which means my issue isn't with what the player did in this case, it's...
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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.
I don't object to an abstracted mechanic in principle, but I prefer the abstraction be minimized. My main issue with the runes example...
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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.
Yep. That's why when discussing D&D I say that the DM literally cannot cheat. The rules allow him to add, subtract or alter rules as...
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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.
Your point? I've established fiction, most of it known by the players or on my wiki. Most narrative games I've looked into let players...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't understand this angle. All that matters is the subjective experience of the players here, not the immaterial nature of the...
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Everyone in Discworld is Good, Neutral, or Evil because D&Ds concepts of Law and Chaos are nonsense outside of of D&Ds peculiar cosmology.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs with Like.
Sure. They're only boring. Though I have to say, whilst I like tieflings, over-abundance and normalisation sorta threatens to make them...
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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.
It's not even obedience. The players always have the options to walk away from the game if the DM is abusing his authority. I have...
