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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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It's a pulp-y fantasy city, of the sort that is fairly common in REH stories. How does the logic of the setting not indicate that a... -
darkbard reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
How do you know that? First… you’re making the same mistake as @AlViking above. You’re assuming you know what would have happened on 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.
How come you don’t apply the same logic to the failed lockpick check? Why does the player’s suggestion simply prompt you to consider if...
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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 nothing "illogical" about a guard approaching a singing person. There is nothing "non-diegetic" about a guard approaching a...
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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'm not sure it's that strange. The posters who object to connecting the consequence to a player-side dice roll take it for granted that...
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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.
Thank you. As you can read, I think that if the surprise/perception mechanic is supposed to be sufficiently representational, than 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.
No. I didn't say that. I said that it could. Here's an actual example: D&D does not care about the nature of injury suffered when 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.
I didn't say it is a good idea. Under what circumstances would you as GM add something to the fiction? It's not in your prep or on 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.
Adding a cook to a kitchen seems similar to you as adding a dragon or Luke Skywalker? Okay, I guess. I'm trying to look at it not in...
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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... but again, you missed my point. The GM can add anything at any time, right? Or must they have everything pre-determined in map...
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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.
The point is that if the door doesn’t get opened, there’s no saving the people inside. Again, it was a simple example meant to show how...
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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 are two different d6 rolls that happen in AD&D: *The roll to open a stuck dungeon door. *The roll to determine whether or not a...
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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 Like.
Which is exactly why I have such a dislike for this "game-as-artifact" concept. You can now fluidly move back and forth between...
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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.
But this is ridiculous, and is why @hawkeyefan feels he's taken crazy pills. It's obvious that a failure to open the door may be 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 think this can be something that does happen with D&D and more traditionally designed games. Everything is focused on the task, and...