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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
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But Einstein's insight into the speed of light and the very nature of what we consider space and time was that if you could travel close... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It seems to me that there are (at least) 3 ways of thinking about an episode of RPGing, or an approach to RPGing, as simulationist: (1)...
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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.
Star Trek uses an explanation that maybe, just possibly, might work. They don't accelerate in the same sense that we accelerate in our...
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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.
Not to everyone. You are making implied assumptions on how people understands and uses certain words. Mind you, this is formulated so...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to gban007's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think if two people are using two different definitions of a word, then I'm not sure can say they have to deal with consequences of...
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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.
@Hussar For instance, in WHFRP 2nd ed there is a skill AnImal TraInIng Skill Type: Advanced. Characteristic: Fellowship. Description...
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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 continue to feel doubts that you've adequately explained what you mean by "how the results are achieved". Can you extract a specific...
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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.
And I fail to understand how you fail to understand. It's a social group. The DM cannot decide the social contract. And assuming the...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Seems like throwing the baby out with the bathwater to me. It’s a mistake, they happen. Just adjust going forward. Following a mistake...
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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.
Thanks. Sometimes I forget the original point of this mega-thread was to rag on trad-leaning players in their own forum.
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Social contracts are where we establish that people can't do whatever they want. The game rules are merely an appendix to the agreement...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to HaroldTheHobbit's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Not having the stamina to read the 1761 pages in this thread, I just want to remind everyone that old Traveller grogs are way, way, WAY... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The mechnics and the narration --->must<--- match. That works both ways. The narrated attempt to climb the cliff forces the mechanics...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
As a general observation, no system can be a perfect simulation or emulation of its subject. The goal of any design for a simulator or...
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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 never witnessed a "completely, totally, absolutely arbitrary" GM and I really wonder if you have? Player "I attempt to pick the...