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Deekin reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) It Is 2025 And Save Or Suck Spells Still Suck (the fun out of the game) with
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That subject line is a little incendiary, but anway. Last night the PCs (5 4th level 5E2024 characters) went into a young black... -
Deekin reacted to DinoInDisguise's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
There is a wonderful serenity to the idea that the hobby is big enough for both of us.
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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.
This is a pretty important issue in regard to this. You can kind of afford to be sloppy in doing this sort of thing in a superhero...
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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.
Change simply for the sake of change doesn't buy anything for me. I'm not playing D&D because I'm in love with the rules (although I do...
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Deekin reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I suppose a mechanical consideration of this that does deserve more attention is that not having fail forward style contingent fiction...
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Deekin reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes, of course! nothing new can happen! Even if it's not new and we all do it to some extent anyway! Never change!!!!
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Deekin reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Nah, I think it's still good general advice. The group should talk about it ahead of play, and revisit the topic as needed. But once a...
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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 Like.
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...
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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...