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Crimson Longinus reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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If we're being accurate (read: pedantic), Watsonian vs Doylist originated as a framework for literary analysis in terms of in-world... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It seems more like specifying what winning the lottery will amount to. What the prize is. Deciding the prize isn't the same as deciding...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Since you've played D&D, you should know what they're talking about--the GM didn't decide ahead of time what the runes were, and the...
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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.
You're missing my point here...it isn't about your odds of winning. It's about the bold statement--the prize is specified in advance...
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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 isn't about the odds. It's about the stakes. You don't decide to win at poker. You do decide what to play for--a new car, $25,000...
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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.
Fair, it is more 'director stance' according to that definition. I think that expresses the same point though--Doyle is author and...
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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.
Which is fine, obviously in the rune example the player can't decide that the runes make them into a god although I do wonder how the GM...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
On the runes, I’m thankful for the example because it’s the clearest example yet of exactly what we claim is happening in narrativist...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Well, it’s not a mistaken idea even if it’s ‘not real’. I say that a player can restrict their narrations on any basis, and indeed to...
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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
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I will perhaps get to some other comments tomorrow. But I've got time for just one or two. I want to look at the lottery comparison... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That's truly amazing syntactical jujitsu. They didn't decide because they had to succeed is totally different from me saying they...
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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.
For me the purpose of play, ideally, is to explore and interact with an imaginary world through the lens of my PC, using only the...
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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.
So, you can try whatever you want, but sometimes events beyond your control complicated things? That's life (even fantasy life in my...
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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 also functionally identical. "You are allowed to author new fiction on a 10+" means the players are authoring fiction.
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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 functionally identical to the player having author stance, imo. I raised the same point in my post.