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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
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No. They're a good fighter because they've earned experience, gotten better gear, and gained better abilities, including more hit... -
FrogReaver reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't understand this angle. All that matters is the subjective experience of the players here, not the immaterial nature of the...
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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'm pretty much in the same boat. I don't care for several aspects of narrative games, they just aren't what I want. I want games where...
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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 am not quite sure what sort of retrocausality you see happening here. I don't see it. The events that could be noticed, the noticing...
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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.
Because you are still wrong about what it means. Not one of us has ever required the bolded part of it at all. Nope. Still does not...
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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.
The judge in the court case, the moderator of a debate and speaker in parlament typically expect a level of obedience. In these...
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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.
Yeah, kinda same for me. It is frustrating how these discussions go: "I think I'd prefer a tad more simulationism than a game X offers"...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It’s a bit ironic for me in that I normally wouldn’t call myself a simulationist because I don’t prefer games with really granular...
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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.
That would be a fertile area of investigation; we could do more of that, and less of trying to find the angle that allows us to declare...
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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.
This misperception is why so many traditional DMs argue with you. What we do isn't even close to being one person telling a story, or...
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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 think @pemerton's idea is that a "hit" on a roll could mean a hit with a weapon, but could also be read as a near miss that depletes...
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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.
While its a bridge too far for me, you won't hear me say its not a consistent position. Though I'm not sure I think the proper term is...
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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.
Ah, ok. I think I understand now. You are talking about "diegetic" mechanics, as opposed to my "diegetical" mechanics, or "diegetic"...
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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.
There's no falsehood there. We are pretending to be pretend elves(or whatever race) in a pretend world. That's all true. It's all...
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FrogReaver reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This comes across as either "whataboutism" or a simple failure to realize that humans aren't 100% consistent. I, personally, have no...