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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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Ask the Oracle is generally used as a tool to support the simulation. The questions are assumed to be limited to what could be... -
FrogReaver reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think you're mistaken here. I remember plenty of modifiers for physical skills based on situation at least.
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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.
How I approach this, which seems to be common, is that I setup the local situation pertinent for the characters, and then do not...
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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.
That means it is set by the task! In GURPS you modify the skill by the difficulty of the task. Same than in RQ. This is calculating the...
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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.
Eh. Whether you apply difficulty directly or by modifying a roll is basically irrelevant; the probabilities are and whether the...
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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 mean, the mechanics you use do not simulate that, or if they do, they're constructed in such an illogical manner that it is utterly...
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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.
As always I dread to discuss immersion, but this whole thing feels like a diversion from arguing that player and character decision...
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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.
Given that it seems pretty safe assumption that no one thinks that mechanics are concretely part of the fiction so that the characters...
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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 don't accept your reasoning because if I did then no TTRPG I can imagine could be considered simulationist and the word has no meaning.
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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 don't see that changing anything. If that mechanic exists, you still can't climb without it, making it a part of the fictional climb...
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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.
The problem is that people are trying to look at RPGs like they are movies when they are not. Aristotle identified mimesis and...
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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 believe it can fit TTRPGs using the simple formula "things that players can pretend their characters know". To me that doesn't matter...
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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.
Ultimately all simulation involves doing things that aren't identical to their subject.
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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.
So according to you, the guy who wrote a manifesto on what simulationism is has restrictions so strict that any game that claims to be...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..By the strictest definition, even what the viewer sees on the screen isn’t actually diegetic unless it’s filmed completely first person...