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Deekin reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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That depends on the GM. Also the edition. Two of the above spells don't exist in 5e, for example. It's also possible that the casters... -
Deekin reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
To clarify, Fail Forward as put forward by Burning Wheel is not succeeding when you would fail. It's you fail to achieve what you intend...
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Deekin reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Ok! I fully agree with everything you say here! However I would like to reflect a bit more over the pedagogy in play here. Presenting...
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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 Like.
Er...no? I am responding to an argument which paints things like "fail forward" as deeply, inherently problematic and wrong--often with...
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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 think there is some lack of clarity in saying that certain but not all contributions to the fiction that occur in play are incorporate...
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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 Like.
Well, I think there is a general point here, which is that pacing matters to pretty much everyone. It's a subjective thing, so different...
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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.
As it happens, you're wrong. And it's strange that you're trying to educate me on a game that, as best I know, you are aware of only...
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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 Like.
The way I've generally gone about it is, if the players really want to make an event out of visiting an ordinary shopkeeper for ordinary...
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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 Like.
Entirely fair. I would not say that this effect happens all the time. Just that, in at least some cases, the distracting meta-thinking...
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I think this is part of the knowledge that was lost after 4th edition. In 3X, there were big differences in saves, but you could at...
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Deekin reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D 5E Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with Like.
Ranger's niche is that they're an wilderness expert, but in current edition there really isn't much gameplay there, and the ranger...
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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'm not sure where the word "allow" comes from. I didn't say anything about anyone granting anyone permission. Nor did I say that you...
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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 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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Deekin reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I understand what you're getting at, and it absolutely makes sense that handling the game that way gives you a feeling of...
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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.
What @hawkeyefan said. "Exciting" is a useful shorthand for "interesting, exciting, emotionally resonant, etc".' @zakael19 got at...