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Faolyn replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I... haven't been. OK then, I'll ask you: GM won't let you use your background to get answers. What do you consider the middle position... -
Faolyn reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I don't think that AP play = OSR play = WoD play = CoC /DG play = whatever else you want throw out there, without falling into the "all... -
Faolyn reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Easy enough to see how that happened: it's the expected outcome when a combat-centric series of modules is updated for a combat-centric...
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Faolyn reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Then I can still say I've never had a GM with bad intentions. They may not have been good GMs but actively out to make the game less...
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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.
I think you’re missing what I’m saying. When you design an area… a town that’s meant to be part of a sandbox, let’s say… you are...
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Faolyn reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Depends on how far you go. In my main campaign sandbox you'll never get on a Spelljammer ship because they don't exist. There is still...
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Faolyn reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Where are you getting that from? Pixel-hunting is a (IMO quite valid) type of play, sure, but not in itself a type of railroading...
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Faolyn replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..The problem, though, is that you went into this assuming that the GM has no reason other than railroading you. What? No I didn't say...
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Faolyn reacted to Argyle King's post in the thread For those of you who have set up play-by-post games, how do you do it? with Like.
I haven't consistently been on rpol in a long time. Maybe since like 2010. Back then, it was a little bit of a learning curve, but it...
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Faolyn replied to the thread For those of you who have set up play-by-post games, how do you do it?.Heh, I just posted my clarification as you posted this. Nah, we'd decide as a group how often we want to require posts. But things like...
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Faolyn replied to the thread For those of you who have set up play-by-post games, how do you do it?.So, whether making a game on Discord or on a message board, how many channels/boards do you create to begin with?
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Faolyn reacted to Theory of Games's post in the thread For those of you who have set up play-by-post games, how do you do it? with Like.
Playing on Discord can be faster than trad Play-by-Post. I've been running PbP since 2010 and my advice: make sure everyone involved...
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Faolyn replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Well, if it follows that bit of advice, yes. "You have to do this because that's the only way you can adventure" is textbook...
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Faolyn replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It seems self-evident to you because you made it up to be that way, remember? You invented the GM and scenario. There was no explanation...
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Faolyn replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Except here's the difference: if the players had decided that they didn't want to engage with the guards and stop them from hassling the...