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Crimson Longinus reacted to DinoInDisguise's post in the thread D&D General Weapon Mastery - Yea or Nay? with
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I think we agree on most of this. Point buy and free pick can be accused of encouraging min-maxing, and maybe they do, but what's... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Simulations frequently gloss over details and the rules cannot fill in all the details for everything. You don't get to decide which...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I view D&D from a sim perspective, pretty much every group I've played with the majority have. I don't recall people saying it's the...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yet maybe she would: "Despite the crumbly rock and unsure footing, you make it to the top....". This narration efficiently does two...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General Weapon Mastery - Yea or Nay? with Like.
because there is a far FAR greater number and range of things that spells cover than just damage+minor effect, the sorcerer would know...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Isn't it? Maybe the phrasing isn't quite right. My experience is that trying to succeed at a task in these games becomes a game of "what...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yeah, certainly. I think the narrative systems give players more agency, separate from their characters, to change the fiction, and I...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If nothing happens prevents the game from continuing then I consider it poor GMing. The specific action you took doesn't succeed, there...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's true, that game would not work for me. What I'd say is that trad gaming can work for me, under the condition that the GM is...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I get your point, but I don't think it is true. I don't see why the simulation has to simulate something at that level of detail to be...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
One problem with our examples is they tend to stop time, and here one needs to extend the example in time to see that "nothing happens"...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This is exactly what I mean when I say the conflation of "simulationism" and "accurately simulating reality" muddies things. I think it...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I didn't realize I was making a burglary check. Who's moving the goalposts now?
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Crimson Longinus reacted to bloodtide's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
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Crimson Longinus reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
D&D is many things but Gygax was not Shakespeare.