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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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darkbard reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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They’re getting good rolls, or there’s no need for one ;). Most heroic/action fantasy I read consistently hits the same sort of beats... -
darkbard reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Nothing wrong for whom? I can tell you that I think "nothing happens" is pretty unexciting. If I sit down to play a classic dungeon...
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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 believe in doing what you want to do without hesitation and finding the people you want to play with. It's what I have done in this...
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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.
Cinematic implies genre reinforcing which does reflect Monster of the Week but it is not reflective of the sort of choices Apocalypse...
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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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In case it needs saying, RPGs like Apocalypse World, Dungeon World, Stonetop, Burning Wheel and Torchbearer don't involve a story that... -
darkbard reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I know. Just because I have a different focus than you, don't treat me like I don't know the field. Instead, how about you start by...
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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.
Sure, there’s some players who don’t really want to play a RPG either - they just want to tell stories and throw a d20 as a dice of fate...
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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.
No, it's because you keep dropping crappy little one liners like digs or "crapposting" throughout this thread. Like, you show up each...
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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 think that's what a lot of this thread has been about, when not getting sidetracked into arguments about definition and so on. I'll...
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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.
Within the context of this thread people were making points about roleplaying games in general (that is what brought me to this thread...
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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.
You said: I was providing an example of how narrative games can be focused on adventure. The core loop of Stonetop is Expedition ->...
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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.
So why do you continually impute a different, abuse-preventative motivation to those who enjoy a different procedure of play from that...
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darkbard reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Snipping for brevity. So your Blackmarsh area - the PC's presumably start in Castle Blackmarsh. That's the obvious starting point...
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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 Love.
I'm not sure about the berries . . . but the weather and the lean-to and so on is great stuff! I want to draw a comparison with the...