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Faolyn replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Rules in a game keep it from devolving into the way kids play: Kid 1: Hah! I shot you with my laser eyes! Kid 2: No you didn't, you... -
Faolyn reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Player agency within the setting is the main antidote to railroading, so it seems odd that some of the most strident anti-railroaders... -
Faolyn reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
So, player agency gets sacrificed on the altar of efficiency. Bleah. Whenever I hear talk of "move play along" or the like, I imagine...
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Faolyn reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I can understand it, and I expect @Lanefan gets it too. That doesn't stop it from coming across to them as a violation of the ability to...
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Faolyn reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But those... those are both boardgames... which would put them in the same hobby...
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Faolyn reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That’s a very self-centred position. Many players enjoy conversing in character with NPCs - including myself. Conversation does not have...
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Faolyn reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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And I'm trying to get away from that. I don't need things to feel more like real life: I live in fear of having a game veer towards... -
Faolyn replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I find it disturbing that the game's mechanics can change my character's mind for me. I am allowed to find it disturbing, even if you...
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Faolyn reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Last time this happened in D&D the players got their allies to stage a diversionary attack, then, impersonating an officer, ordered the...
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Faolyn reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It’s wide open to abuse by amoral GMs too.
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Faolyn reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In many RPGs, Gimli could have chosen to break with the Fellowship and gone to the Mines himself. He chooses not to do that. In BW, he...
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Faolyn reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
ah, yes, he definitely has an opinion ;) That does not mean the points he brings up are not valid, I might disagree with his proposed...
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Faolyn reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yea, but that’s every designer (and pretty much everyone in the world!). Much like running a campaign setting, impartiality is an...
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Faolyn replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..For me, there's a huge difference between my character's physical or even mental abilities and me, personally, being able to control my...
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Faolyn replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Are you allowed to have a "duel of wits" without actually having a Duel of Wits? Some of the things @pemerton has said, and some of the...