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darkbard reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Appeal to an authority is not a fallacy. For instance, I believe that exposure to radiation in large doses is harmful to human health... -
darkbard reacted to Eric V's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
"Appeal to authority fallacy refers to the use of an expert’s opinion to back up an argument. Instead of justifying one’s claim, a...
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darkbard reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Because why not? The characters are traveling. We should assume all sorts of things they do while traveling. Foraging and hunting would...
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darkbard reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
An appeal to authority is fallacious in the case where the authority isn't a credible responder to the question being asked. The...
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darkbard reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The point can be made more analytically, I think. Let's suppose that there are three salient characters: H(ero), who is a player's...
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darkbard reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes! You are saying you’d rather spend time on the herb gathering on the off-chance that something interesting happens. I’m saying I’d...
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darkbard reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I accept that you have different preferences. I don’t accept your description of mine. I mean, I expect that when you think someone’s...
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darkbard reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't understand what you're talking about here. Are you and @AlViking the same person? If not, why are you responding to my posts to...
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darkbard reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
To be clear: I am not complaining about turn-by-turn combat resolution. I'm just pointing out that it doesn't conform to forwards...
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darkbard reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'll point out people have heart attacks and die, but we don't normally do that in a game. So its not a question of "does it happen"...
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darkbard reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I fully accept your preferences. What personally bothers me is the way you leap to conclusions about how these techniques are used in...
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darkbard reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
People are claiming, in the abstract and without any evidence adduced from actual play examples, that Burning Wheel - one of the...
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darkbard reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I suppose I’m not quite sure what that means. The player asks if their character can find herbs, and then maybe a roll happens to see...
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darkbard reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
How does this jibe with the below? This is precisely my point. If there are no stakes… no time pressure, no chance of damage, etc…...
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darkbard reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It all just depends on what’s been established. There is no need to allow anything that could have resulted in an outcome that’s...