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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
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Yes. Exactly this! If viewed as trying to differentiate narrativism from every other style of play it makes a lot of sense... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to Don Durito's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Really GNS exists as a way to carve out space for narrativism. I've always thought of it as sort of like a weird manifesto presented as...
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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.
I don’t think I’m suggesting anything incompatible with him. I don’t agree that only narrativist and gamist are the only agendas for...
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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.
That doesn’t seem like the critical response to that observation. The critical response would be that we have mislabeled something...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Don Durito's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't really want to get involved in this discussion but I do find the concept of simulationism used here somewhat odd. Ron Edwards...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think the answer here is very simple. Free Kriegspeil tried to improve simulation by getting rid off all the mechanics. I think it is...
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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.
I've noticed that tolerances or sensitivities for "information to work with" vary considerably across posters. One example that could...
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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.
While I agree to a degree with the jargon/non-jargon bit I would also say that even that Boeing simulator still uses a fair amount of...
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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.
Every game in existence, every simulation for that matter, simplifies, makes assumptions and create abstractions to model complex...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Well, if you are an outsider, then ask yourself this question- Am I trying to understand, or am I simply looking for a reason to say... -
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'll be gracious and assume that by "we've moved past that" you meant you and your group. Because otherwise it comes off as very...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Er, no. It's true as soon as I make my character. It's MY character, not the DMs. I get to decide what parts are true and what parts...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to DinoInDisguise's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The issue remains, the roll is the mistake. Who rolls it is irrelevant. Anytime we use mechanics to bludgeon players into acting in a...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If the NPC persuades the PC to do something the PC would never do, the player can ignore it and do something else? Because there is no...
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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.
I disagree here. Killing a character is permanent, yes, but taking them over and making them act in ways contrary to what the player...