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Deekin 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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Agreed. Often, I find high detail does make it easier to believe the thing is grounded. But sometimes, high detail becomes distracting... -
Deekin reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
None that I've ever played or run. I'm sure it is possible, but our 1e AD&D campaign degenerated into a mishmash of 1e, Boot Hill, Fight...
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Deekin reacted to DinoInDisguise's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The roll was pointless if they can just retry, because at that point success is guaranteed. That's why I spent half of my response to...
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Deekin reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I sometimes do, especially on a 1, but it’s generally for comedy. We have quite a humorous game.
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Deekin reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think there's a weird thing that happens in how D&D play interacts with what we are acculturated to expect as "appropriate fiction."...
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Deekin reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Well, obviously we can't trust you because you're a Russian spy. ;) But it is interesting because I've never had a DM that always had...
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Deekin 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 know if @robertsconley is being sarcastic or not. But his repeated references to "story arcs" and "stories planned in advance"...
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Deekin reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
So we're back to, "I just don't like to play that way". If people could just say that without implying that there way is better in a...
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Deekin reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
My question was regarding the emphasis on Complication accumulation; Campbell was talking about my suggestion regarding the reasons for...
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Deekin reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It generally is. But there are other factors that produce the more grounded feeling (you have nothing like level elevating hit points...
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Deekin 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 misreading. @Campbell is noting that Monsterhearts is intended to support narrativist play, whereas Monster of the Week is...
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Deekin reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
He’s referring to the consequences of failure, as in, “Nothing happens when you fail to pick the lock,” not “We’re just standing around...
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Deekin reacted to billd91's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
Well... we've thought that before. And here we are.:confused:
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Deekin reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
Everyone is going to handle this according to their own conscience, and whatever lets them sleep at night. I'm no exception. So I had...
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Deekin reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
I was merely addressing the problem of sweeping generalizations. In the particular instance being discussed, I basically agreed with...