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EzekielRaiden reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs with
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I'm pretty sure a thousand year old elf is a lot more alien to a human than a goliath is, yet old school players never object when... -
EzekielRaiden reacted to Scott Christian's post in the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs with Like.
I would add to this. The players that I have seen do a really good job at playing say, an elf or dwarf, are ones that have been playing...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yea, I think that's a tricky path to navigate. I can see a DM trying to do heavy sim play, with most of the setting action (and thus...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to Mort's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Right, and if "the world" reacts to the players by invalidating their choice in favor of the DMs predetermined outcome, that's railroading.
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EzekielRaiden reacted to Mort's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It can certainly be railroading if the players are interacting with it and think they have a role in establishing it, when they, in...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't agree that establishing the details of an imaginary world equates to railroading. To me, railroading entails something like...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
To me the "quantum" label doesn't fit the runes case, or at least is being used with a different meaning than the "quantum ogre". I...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to Mort's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That doesn't seem right. If the fictional reality is undermined and then it becomes determined, it becomes set not changed. As in it...
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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 Like.
I’m not sure what a Share GM is. As for the split of authority amongst GM and players, that varies by game. It really depends on what...
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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 Like.
I have no idea what you are talking about. I don’t see the connection you’re making between a GM and player being on the same page about...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread D&D General Whom keeps the torches lit? with
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Pyramid power. Hehe -
EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General Whom keeps the torches lit?.Yeah, for me, this was always the much bigger weirdness. Torches are weird, sure. But fresh fruit in a barrow that hasn't been opened in...
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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
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When you make assertions, I'm not obliged to agree with them just because you make them. You don't like player authorship, direct or... -
EzekielRaiden reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Love.
I trust my own experience, over conjectures that are not founded on experience. I know what the incentive structure of the RPGs I play...
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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.
You don't like my play. You'd rather it not be? Its existence irks you? Wrongs you? Quite odd to me.