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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
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Honestly, it has been unclear. I think what often happens in these discussions is people fail to make the distinction between what is... -
darkbard reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
To me, this seems a description of GM-centred play.
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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.
Although the games I tend to prefer - BW, TB2e, Prince Valiant, MHRP and variants - aren't the same as Stonetop, speaking with a level...
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darkbard reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Jumping off this to answer your previous direct question as well, this seems to be a misunderstanding of the sort of actions a game like...
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darkbard reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
A Player Agenda/Best Practices that calls for that you can refer the players back to as needed helps ;). I like that Daggerheart...
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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.
Here is what makes little sense to me: *The game is not GM-centred / GM-driven; and yet, It is supposed to make sense to talk about...
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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.
For me, the answer was really nicely put by Eero Tuovinen: I find that the riddle of roleplaying is answered thusly: it is more fun 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
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Well, some posters are telling me that their sandboxing does not centre the GM. But now I am being told that players are bypassing... -
darkbard reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Perhaps you can't? I mean, maybe much of my life is miserable, oppressed, low in agency, etc. There are people in the world who suffer...
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darkbard reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Would it? I assure you for a HMTW game it absolutely does not. Again, I read so many of your posts and I’m struck over and over at how...
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darkbard reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Do you realize that you just continued the stonewalling with a non-answer? "It looks like this style as a problem, and nobody will tell...
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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.
Well, to me, as you describe it, it seems that you encountered some deer. Now the framing of encounters in terms of potential harm is...
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darkbard reacted to CellarHeroes's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Okay...I think I see where you're coming from. I was driving to work this morning and saw a few deer roaming around in the street. I...
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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.
This seems to be a statement of the dispositions/default actions of certain people. To me, it seems rather efficient/rational for 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.
Sure, I can see that to some extent. Though in a way the goal of the sandbox that you’ve been describing seems more about crafting as...