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darkbard reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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As usual, well-said. And it doesn't even need to be H,H,H,H...; it could be HxHHxHHHxHxHxHHHHxH... or any of a million variations where... -
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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I would say it’s more like how most movies handle it. You watch the character get into a car and pull away… then they cut to a scene of... -
darkbard reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
None of us are telling the players what their characters should be doing. But, if we're playing BitD and the players have decided their...
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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 Love.
I'm not shifting anything. The authority that we're talking about... my preference for keeping the game moving and focused... is...
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darkbard reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think this is one of those arguments which sounds good, but falls apart on closer examination. The players clearly chose to engage 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.
Yes. I've spoken a great deal in this and other threads about procedures of play. Generally I have been trying to steer the discussion...
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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.
There is no need to apologise! But what prompted my response to your earlier post was that you framed it as "to me, a game that's all...
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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 short answer is no. The slightly longer answer is that, if your character has revenge as a goal, then the GM will be framing scenes...
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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.
What @hawkeyefan said. "Exciting" is a useful shorthand for "interesting, exciting, emotionally resonant, etc".' @zakael19 got at...
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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.
So, I think the core of the issue for me is what is rewarded most (and expected most at the table) - exploring the fiction, basically...
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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 already addressed this in this Prior Post. I think there’s a significant difference at play. As you’ve described it, what your...
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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.
A major goal of play is to have interesting, emotionally resonant things happen frequently. Without it being known in advance what that...
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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.
Oh, I think that MBC's and y'all's Stonetop etc play is absolutely not reflective of the way many of us play those games, lol. Like...
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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.
Then what were you talking about earlier in the thread? About your job not being solely to make the players happy? Sure, but this is a...
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darkbard reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
So this is a bit of a sidebar, but I'm not entirely sure that our 1KA game was representative. Our Stonetop game also had a relentless...