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FrogReaver reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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No, Lanefan hasn't said he's infallible. He says the table will play through a mistake because they have a more extreme need for... -
FrogReaver reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If @Lanefan is clear and up front about this, the players are on board and Lanefan is competent enough that this is an extremely rare...
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FrogReaver reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Can't speak to Conan but in Frodo's case it's because his captors were, collectively, idiots. Same is true of many a James Bond...
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FrogReaver reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If you would prefer to imagine me yelling at you for choosing to define something your own way, that's also OK. Go wild. You have a...
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FrogReaver reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's bending over backwards when a) the "something interesting" is clearly contrived just for that purpose and otherwise makes no...
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FrogReaver reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The rules are important, but the fiction matters more. It's not collaborative storytelling. It's a game where the rules don't take...
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FrogReaver reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No. They're not seasoned. They're travelling a path with a map in a somewhat wild area. They're fine as long as they stay on the...
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FrogReaver reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
On a slightly different point, this comment helped me identify more clearly the problem I have with fail forward in a more grounded...
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FrogReaver reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I am willing to accept that I am a gaming conservative (though I still don't like the nasty implications of the term). I object to it...
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FrogReaver reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Plenty of people have talked about "the players do a [hard or soft] move so as GM I respond with a [hard or soft based on what the...
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FrogReaver reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Then fail-forward doesn't work in many traditional games where rolls often determine much more specific things than in Dungeon World...
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FrogReaver reacted to DinoInDisguise's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think this is where I start to lose interest in a lot of new systems, and maybe where I diverge from much of the conversation that...
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FrogReaver reacted to aco175's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with
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It is pretty inclusive to work with deniers. Not many go this far to prove just how inclusive they are. -
FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D (2024) Strategies and Tactics Barbarian (2024).I agree with level 1-3 if we are just counting single target damage. Cleave is likely much better at this stage for damage, though it...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D (2024) Strategies and Tactics Barbarian (2024).I particularly like shields on Berserker and Zealot. The built in subclass damage bonuses pair well with the extra AC, even when...