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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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This actually give me an idea. I think @SkidAce 's description is very close to what most GMs actually do. However it seem like the... -
FrogReaver reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think I grasp your meaning, but your wording isn't quite right. We're not seeking to simulate processes! (Unless that is strictly...
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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.
I like heuristic, too. From upthread, I said "By mechanics I mean The specifics of which differ per game, such as trinary versus...
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FrogReaver reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Sure. That just puts us in “should the rules flow from our implicit understanding of setting, genre, and tropes, or should the setting...
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FrogReaver reacted to Emerikol's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This may be your point but it wasn't mine. But, I will say this. The GNS model is an attempt to extract playstyles from what exists...
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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 didn't preplan it when I ran the game. I tried it as it was meant to be played. I disliked the lack of preplanning.
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FrogReaver reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I really do not like lumping genre emulation etc with simulation, as that point the term becomes so broad it is basically meaningless...
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FrogReaver reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I like “heuristic”, but I’m open to workshop it. :) I just think “mechanic” isn’t the correct term because if you said “I like FKR...
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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.
More puzzling still, how do the supposed TTRPG mechanics make themselves felt in play without some person's specific mental process to...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..So what would to call the referee’s specific mental process to simulate if not a mechanic?
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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.
True, process sim and genre sim are quite different. My priority has always been on process sim (though I'm happy to sim genre if it...
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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.
Yeah, this is my biggest objection to the "toss everything left into sim" element of GNS; it lumps together two things that I don't...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..To me that reads that your activity requires simulation but your purpose is not simulation. It’s to explore. Which is what I’m saying.
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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.
Are you sure your position isn't, "if the players wants to play something that isn't in the world the GM made and is running, the GM...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It’s also the answer given for bad d&d play. ‘You did it wrong, or your DM did it wrong’. Etc.