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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
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The difficulty in getting a quorum of players to actually consume and then use in play the setting information in these thick settings... -
Well, I won't disagree that 5.0 and 5.5 feel quite different to me. But I'm also thinking of RPG topics like the martial/caster debate...
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Yeah. Over here... https://www.enworld.org/threads/different-games-for-the-referee-and-players.713415/
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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.
I hope this sentiment is not pulling away too many people. I really hope to one day get time and players to enjoy the Arden Vul...
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FrogReaver reacted to Scribe's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with Like.
Is the Forge stuff all the faux-intellectual stuff? Hard pass there. This at least seems to make a reasonable amount of sense at a high...
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FrogReaver reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with Like.
Eh. Analysis like this is almost a Rorshach test, people see patterns whether they're there or not. But the patterns almost always...
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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’ve advocated players being flexible for a long time. I think a player being strongly tied to one character concept is equally...
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FrogReaver reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
if all things are equal, why can't we also be urging players to ignore their dislikes?
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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.
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...
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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 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...