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FrogReaver reacted to Lanefan'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 the answer to "What does a simulation do?" is more like "It models, as best as it can, how something would happen were it... -
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 think Rolemaster is great warning example for those who wish to pursue simulation, myself included. All things in moderation and so forth.
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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 feel that the GM fixing rarely occurring edge cases and unusual interactions on the fly is fine, but if the normal base execution of...
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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 am a bit confused about this. When I have been doing simulations, the how things act is generally coded into the simulation, 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.
(Emphasis mine.) Once I exclude the lusory-means specified by a game text, it should be unsurprising that I can no longer explain how...
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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.
You're apparently confusing my point with being about simulation. Its not and has never been. I have had two points and only two in my...
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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.
I just think that to the degree you can reasonably expect the system to tell you that, expecting the randomizer to be the part doing...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General Belts of Giant Strength?.I actually prefer the items that set strength to a specific amount. It adds some uncertainty around how to build the best character as...
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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 think that the runes meaning what they hope for is not affected one way or another by their knowledge of runes.
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I don’t think that whatever an archaeologist might conjecture is more likely. I think the likelihood of his conjecture greatly depends...
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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.
It is possible to recognise common properties of even infinite sets based on how they are defined. For instance I feel confortable...
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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.
The way I'm currently looking at it is that the test for X to be diegetic is solely X is something players can pretend their characters...
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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.
Just wanted to provide a bit more mathematical perspective on this. Even if you have still more options than what you'd care to...
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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.
That doesn't matter, because who's doing it and their skill is represented at the other end. Modified by the task. Again, you want...
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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.
You're still making a meaningless distinction. Let's show this. You have a D20 system that is designed so the default roll is your...