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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
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It's true, that game would not work for me. What I'd say is that trad gaming can work for me, under the condition that the GM is... -
FrogReaver reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
4e's approach was interesting. There's a rule for the effect of surprise, but no rules at all describe how it is achieved! Thus surprise...
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FrogReaver reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No, because it's not what he said, or what is happening. A roll determines stealth, NOT surprise. You might as well claim that...
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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.
I get your point, but I don't think it is true. I don't see why the simulation has to simulate something at that level of detail to be...
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FrogReaver reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Then there is no roll to determine surprise, because stealth doesn't determine it. Perception does. You can have all the stealth in the...
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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.
I tried to explain a while back how long ago I would unwittingly break that sense of verisimilitude by using what I call OTAs...
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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.
I want to pull out this example, because I think it is even more clear than the cook one and comes from actual play. I get what you are...
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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.
Ok, this is a good start. But, I think you are missing the point of why we're choosing this example. It's illustrating an extreme case...
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FrogReaver reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That's not true. Traveling stealthily can completely avoid the encounter if it doesn't notice them. Becoming invisible when they hear...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I don’t know how many times I have to say the representation/map of meaning/thing being simulated matters and not just the structure...
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FrogReaver reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Play tolerates contradictions. Upthread I pointed out an "unfixable problem" in relation to Sorensen's manifesto " which is that a...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Let’s focus on this aspect. How is the GM deciding the orcs are sneaking? Presumably he accounts from the already existing fiction...
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FrogReaver reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Ok, another case of people talking about completely different things. The example in the blog was the seed for the discussion, but over...
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FrogReaver reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Ok, chore's done, so I think I have some time to engage directly with this as I think it points to an extremely important clarification...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..No issue with player rolls or dm rolls. I think I’ve been very clear about that. And here I thought we were talking about miss for...