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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..By definition, some aspects of the world are less important than others. It's simply the nature of engaging in narration, which every DM... -
EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Again you use "keep"--as in, totally absolutely permanently prevent. Perfection, as always, used to completely dismiss useful tools that...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Not really sure what difference that makes. But were you exploring? Or were you driving to Indianapolis for GenCon? Because when I'm...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Nope. There are functionally no real-world consequences for violating the rules about being quiet in a library. The only consequence...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Er...no. Firstly, every DM has many, many players--usually five times as many, at least. The odds that a given DM will encounter a bad...
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So from my perspective, there’s a marked reluctance from the folks who like to say that they prioritize “realism” or “verisimilitude” in... -
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This makes me think that you've only played DW with bad GMs! There's nothing about perfection here. Colour is not an imperfection in a...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..And then they can be called out for violating the rules. Which is literally what I said. Having public, known, written rules means you...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Except that it can. It can't 100% perfectly prevent problems. That, I agree with. But rules absolutely can, and do, make a difference...
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The real world is a place about which near-infinite data can be and has been collected, and which has millions of people working hard to...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Sure as hell could've fooled me with the way you and others talk about how harmful and disruptive players are.
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Then I don't understand. I know this sort of thing happens. I've seen it happen to several players. Both in the relatively long term...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Then why wouldn't real world rules apply to the real world relationship between a real world GM and a real world player? No, I'm asked...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..When a person strIght up says, "I don't understand why you would do any of that when the point of play is doing something else", the...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Then you and I have dramatically different ideas of what "harm" means. I know a bad GM can be extremely harmful. I've seen it happen. A...