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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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Well I attempted to provide a non-gamist representation which is what you had asked for. I feel the use of the minion concept is to... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Apologies only getting to this now. I get that, but also in a game which starts using minion ogres they become common place as opposed...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
Yep. 1000 meters. Kuo-toans lived on the surface, but retreated to the depths of the ocean and the underdark. They adapted to their...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
One of the reasons, and perhaps the most important reason, is that hobbits are racially resistant to magical corruption.
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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.
Your statblock is not absolute in any real way. It changes all the time. There's an entire leveling system that changes your statblock...
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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. It doesn't. It enhances setting consistency by ensuring that a particular threat is experienced how it should be, within the world...
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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.
There is no such thing for Fighters. They just do get better at things because the rules say so. You are now inventing post hoc...
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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.
An absolute statblock is universally true. A goblin is this one set of data, always. The abstraction is the one and only abstraction...
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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 meant in general, not specifically you. A lot of people here use derogatory terms for our style of play. "Play to find out what's in...
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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 TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Narrate something relevant as the DM, or ask for a check. The cat is background flavor, not something relevant to the resolution. It's...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Except in 4e, that isn't true. You can't automatically extract the meaning out of any one game mechanic and apply it more broadly to a...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's probably more of a gamist construct, in that the stats are designed to maintain pacing in the challenge portion of the game. It...
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CreamCloud0 replied to the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism.i dunno, i wouldn't trust squirrels to not be pulling a long con on us.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
Isn't the ability to cover really large distances also a function of our intelligence/adaptability, because it's hard to cover those...