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FrogReaver 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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This seems to be one of those hard-line sticking points. Some of us think that being asked to add details from your character's... -
FrogReaver reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Why on Earth would being faithful to it not be called faithful? How is this not One True Wayism. Someone doesn't have to tell someone...
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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
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I'd say we have to burn that straw man with fire but I'm afraid we'd just get this guy Which, admittedly, is a really cool image and I... -
FrogReaver reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
What? I've pointed out previously that there are people who view various PbtA games, including AW, as gamey because of the move...
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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.
This is a wild claim. It assumes that fidelity to a character must be measured externally, as if there's an authoritative benchmark. But...
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This is not correct. The appearance of Darth Vader is not a trademark. “Disney” is a trademark; Darth Vader is not. It is a copyright issue.
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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.
I mean, this whole "not make the characters' lives boring" is a Red Herring. Even if the characters are bored out of their minds here...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Right. The ‘not boring’ stems from other areas than action resolution. It comes from the setting/situation in your play.
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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.
Breaking a belief is as much a faithful portrayal of the PC as keeping it is. People are people. We have beliefs. Some of them we...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Well, I think you view them that way. I think some other proponents of them may view them as more gamist since their resolution...
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FrogReaver reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
Wow.
But it's hardly a criticism of Burning Wheel, or Apocalypse World, or Marvel Heroic RP, that these are not particularly well-suited for... -
FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I think it's both trivial and pedantic. More importantly I think all of these things can be better explained by different phenomena...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..There's a few different directions but probably not mutually exclusive directions. Kind of, but I think you have that backwards. If I...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Good! It’s a matter of opinion is a good starting point. So? Does that justify ignoring the 2am version vs the 5pm version vs the...
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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.
Of course we don't need to go trough this rigmarole. That just happens to be a way many find produces a more believable experience than...