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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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When did I say none? When did I say that? Please argue against the posts I'm actually making, rather than whatever you have mistaken...
Apr 21, 2025
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It is neither. Unless you think God is your Dungeon Master. Which, well. I certainly think some folks act like they think God is their...
Apr 21, 2025
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The GM provides the rails. The agency is in where you look while you're riding them.
Apr 21, 2025
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Ah, and see how you used the negative example, but not the positive one? Clearly I'm the one with a nasty evil agenda, not just using...
Apr 21, 2025
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If you already know the contents of every hex well before players enter it, how is the world not nailed down? It's your theme park...
Apr 21, 2025
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Nope! There are ways to have structured fiction generation with constraints. That's literally why Hussar brought up Ironsworn. In that...
Apr 21, 2025
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.... You are making this point to me when I literally gave a spectrum of options about this as one of my first posts in the thread, and...
Apr 21, 2025
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Invisible rails. I know you already know of this "technique." We had a thread about it a while back and I'm 99% sure you posted in it...
Apr 21, 2025
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But this too involves DM permission, no? This is where that aforementioned "strict" definition of "sandbox" comes into play. Sure...
Apr 21, 2025
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If a prisoner never makes an effort to leave the prison before their sentence is finished, are they still imprisoned? Or are they free...
Apr 21, 2025
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Ironsworn would be one such RPG (from the same general space as PbtA/FitD games). That choice would be "leave the sandbox." Your...
Apr 21, 2025
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This seems a total non sequitur to me. It isn't the players asking to suddenly jump from Forgotten Realms to Spelljammer (or anything...
Apr 21, 2025
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Not sure why you think I’d disagree. But the argument is that because the dm can say yes to player suggestions that suddenly makes it...
Apr 21, 2025
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I'd extend the analogy further: Imagine snakes-and-ladders, but instead of dice, you have piles of envelopes marked with "cautious"...
Apr 21, 2025
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This does not strike me as sufficient for agency. Imagine a game of snakes-and-ladders, played not by rolling dice but by drawing...
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