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EEnrahim reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Setting aside specific rules misapprehensions, there is a fundamental misapprehension that is easy to fall into with D&D that I think... -
EEnrahim replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Do the rules say that? A good thing D&D has an almighty GM that can override such ridiculousness when desired! Here is a free D&D...
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EEnrahim reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Edwards has plenty of discussion about various approaches to D&D play, and the influence on D&D design (over time) of various play...
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EEnrahim reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
There's a vast difference from downloading and playing a video game, jumping into play whenever I have time versus learning a new TTRPG...
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EEnrahim reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I agree that there are absolutely people who hyperspecialize in one game or genre, but I don't think I'd define them as the "norm"...
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EEnrahim reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I would say this. I think players can definitely have implicit agendas that map to their general preferences, but I definitely think a...
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EEnrahim reacted to Don Durito's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Well I was playing around with 3.5 the other day and I realised that if I gave a Mature Dragon one level of Abjurant Champion they would...
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EEnrahim reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I have to think about this a bit more, but it strikes me that play focused on elevating one aspect of these five over the others (while...
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EEnrahim reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In games that I care more about the simulation aspect of things (it varies a bit by group) there will be months if not years between...
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EEnrahim reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Not taking damage == knowing how to take a hit or avoid significant damage, being able to read your attacker and anticipate the attack...
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EEnrahim reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's a very common trope that some people are virtually immune to damage from low level antagonists. Sometimes the person that can't do...
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EEnrahim reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I agree with this. This is probably true for all agendas, but particularly for sim play, you want your system truths and your setting...
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EEnrahim reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's simulating the fact that you attack someone but your weapon bounces off their armor doing no damage. A miss doesn't necessarily...
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EEnrahim reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Personally, I still do this; whatever system I use I extrapolate to be true within the setting. When I run high-level D&D, everyone is...
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EEnrahim reacted to FrozenNorth's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Levelling, and specifically how high level characters can take on multiple low level characters at no risk. Levelling, and...