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EEric V replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..A regular basis??! Martyrs are known because they are exceptional, no? As for the rest, people overestimate their willpower all the...
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EEric V replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Ok, so I (mostly) agree with pretty much everything you've written here*, especially these parts: "The GM doesn’t own the PCs." "It...
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EEric V replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Sure...unless you just haven't been persuaded by the right person, in the right circumstance. Imagining it as a white-room scenario...
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EEric V reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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That's what you think, huh? That when Vince and Meg Baker wrote Apocalypse World, that they said "we need some marketing phrases that... -
EEric V reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No. The point was, if it is on the table in the first place, it must have been possible to begin with. If it wasn't possible to begin...
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EEric V replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I think we can all call upon stories where this has happened in real life without any magic involved, though. It's quite common for...
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EEric V replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) The Undead Army Necromancer is not Designable.#psionics #warlord
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EEric V replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Do you feel that way about dice rolls/mechanics resulting in character death?
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EEric V reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Again, you never allow players to persuade an NPC to do something they would never do, so, why are you allowing an NPC to do it? If the...
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EEric V reacted to Retreater's post in the thread D&D General Hasbro enters gambling deal using Dungeons & Dragons intellectual property with Like.
I'm so tired of the pervasiveness of gambling. Seems like every other ad while I'm watching hockey is for online sports betting. It...
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EEric V reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Do you allow players to persuade NPC's to do things that that NPC would never do? Through a simple die roll? Do you allow PC's to mind...
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EEric V reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Exactly. People might not like D&D played that way, because they're attached to the principle or aesthetic of "everything in the...
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EEric V reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
....no? Like, literally, no, in no way whatsoever? I'm literally saying that the example given won't be meaningful or useful to Lanefan...
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EEric V reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Again, no. After all, a successful attack roll could take away your movement (there's a number of ways), depending on the system could...
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EEric V reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No. It really isn't. You're mixing successes and failures. The attack roll tells you to succeed. The NPC's persuasion roll tells you...