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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
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I actually wanted to bring attention to a deeper point: The ideas behind those passages in the new games isn't new. However the way... -
FrogReaver reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Since their characters and others in their group are already making crazy decisions all the time why would they need a system to...
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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 hit people redefining old terminology in software development all the time as well. The theories sound new and shiny but when you...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..My understanding of fail forward as applied to d&d is as a technique where at least some failures (maybe sometimes all) become successes...
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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.
That is the thing. The blog post failed to specify this. Hence someone pointed out that the scenario where the people at the table knew...
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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.
Well it sort of has mattered. My impression is that basically the starting point of most of this thread was someone advertising such an...
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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.
Sure, but to be fair, he's said more than once that when he says that he's talking about directly connected/related. If I decide I want...
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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.
Can you accept that other people have a different experiences, preferences and point of view than you do? Maybe you feel more connected...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I can't tell if this is just being pedantic or something else. Perhaps an example will help illuminate. Attack rolls in D&D. Are they...
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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.
The post you were quoting does not set down a standard of no player (not PC) control over the world. It explains one way why that kind...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..You do realize you used the term first to define narrativist? You do realize I'm asking questions so I can understand what you mean by...
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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'm saying that 1) those games are wrong if they attempt to appropriate a term for their exclusive use, and 2) other people are wrong...
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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.
And as I addressed, it's a very bad term. The characters' lives won't be boring whether you do that or not. Why not use a term that's...
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FrogReaver reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yeah, I didn't find the idea of exploration of system sitting alongside exploration of genre compelling either, but I still think the...
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FrogReaver reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'm late to the party, but I think there's a subtle broadening of "gamist" going on here. Sometimes it seems to mean "a game that's...