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EzekielRaiden reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Because, to be blunt, you're not a deliberate jerk who is setting out to ruin the game. There's nothing explicit in most RPG rulebooks... -
EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I thought you wanted answers regarding any possible such game, hence why I've avoided invoking any particular mechanics. Now that you...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..No. You need to say what system you're using. Surely you'd agree that the question "how much do I harm an enemy when I strike them?"...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.."Documents" is vague. Many entirely distinct things could all meet that description validly, e.g. receipts, letters, books, notes...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Could the DnDNext Sorcerer be revived as its own class?.Precisely. A Swordmage is not "I am a physical combatant who happened to dabble in magic." Yet a Swordmage is also not "I am a magician...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Could the DnDNext Sorcerer be revived as its own class? with Love.
I view the 4e Swordmage as a "full caster", whose spells have melee range. The Swordmage differs from a "part-caster part-martial" gish.
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EzekielRaiden reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Love.
Here are two different d6 rolls that happen in AD&D: *The roll to open a stuck dungeon door. *The roll to determine whether or not a...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Then you cannot simply wish the ruby to be there simply because you know it's a safe and it's in the correct house. Because...people...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..No, it isn't. I'm sorry, it's just not. I have no interest in continuing this conversation if this is the kind of pure-semantics...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Opening a prison door so you can escape said prison is also a direct effect. There is no difference. It's quite rich seeing you accuse...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..No example I could ever give will ever satisfy. I already know this coming right out of the gate. There will always be some new flaw in...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Perhaps you would do that. But that doesn't mean literally any benefit you could phrase in the English language is now open to you! Why...
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EzekielRaiden 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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Yes, well it was a quick example that I thought folks could separate from gameplay and would then easily demonstrate the connections... -
EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..And yet they demonstrably are. "I could not get the lock open, and the consequence was that I got rained on" is very clearly a...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Is it the only safe in the house? Is it a particularly well-guarded safe, where one would expect particularly valuable things to be? Or...