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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
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When good narration would be "nothing happens" and nothing happens isn't allowed, bad narration is all you've got left. -
FrogReaver reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Whether that is true or not is irrelevant. @The Firebird was talking about how the mechanic makes them feel. They never claimed that...
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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.
Sure, you can look at it that way. As I've mentioned several times, the things I'm arguing are simply that a single point of failure...
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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.
But if you run a game where it's OK to not find out what's behind the door or in the compartment (which I typically do), then you can...
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FrogReaver reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
For me, knowing how the decisions are made makes them feel contrived. Even if the outcome is reasonable I know that nothing is fixed...
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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.
Absent kryptonite, Superman has about +40 in any skill you can possibly think of; and he doesn't auto-fail on a 1. Which is part of...
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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.
Have you read, for example, 5e's skill system? Like many of it's predecessor's its focus is on specific task resolution. That does not...
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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.
So in other words just more "You're wrong but I won't try to explain or understand why you have a mistaken perspective. I'm just going...
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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.
For me it's about general approach. Nobody thinks D&D (or any other RPG that I know of) is a particularly good simulation of the real...
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FrogReaver reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Rule of storytelling: Deus ex machina is frequently cheap and/or boring. If an NPC is going to bust them out, it should be a known...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..IMO. Fail forward usually invalidates some premises of traditional play. Things like: Success is completing the task not some...
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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.
How did I "disrespect" other games? It seems like once again the response is "You don't use exactly the correct terms so you're wrong...
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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.
That sounds pretty reasonable. There are certainly points of commonality (most of us don't like fail forward), but there are plenty of...
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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.
@EzekielRaiden, I can't help thinking that one of the reason you find this conversation frustrating and confusing is you seem to...
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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.
In-fiction logic. If the secret admirer is a common barmaid at the local tavern then she might not hear about the imprisonment until...