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FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Then you shouldn't either. Don't accuse Ironsworn or similar systems of being ridiculous anti-realistic "anything goes", if you're going... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I see this conjecture put forward from time to time. Maybe there are particular instances of it being true, but I don't find it to be...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to soviet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
(Not a response to any specific poster) 'The decisions I make take into account all relevant factors within the setting, and they are...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I've quoted Burning Wheel upthread (BW Gold, p 30): what happens after the dice have come to rest and the successes are counted? If the...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to soviet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think this is vanishingly rare. Most people will cave eventually. But this is what dice rolls are for, right? 'It's DC 20 to...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Inventing examples like this doesn't do you favors. Because this is exactly the kind of thing I would hear and think, "Oh. So the DM is...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to soviet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Why is it that we are told GMs will only ever make decisions in the best interests of the game, but if you give players even an inch...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Not a quote from you, but an example of this principle not contradicted, written by someone else: And another: And here, from you...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But "just staying true to the character" can accurately describe either thing. That was @pemerton's point. This isn't a defense. It...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think you're missing the point here. Who establishes that the character has that trait? Why is it established so? This is what I...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
So you're describing one process here - obviously it's not the only one that a GM might use, when having to apply the rule call for a...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
On this we disagree, I think, at least to this extent: making the game world respond realistically to player choice can be railroading...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Look at the Ironsworn rules, and you will see the constraints that govern the "ad lib". It is not whatever the GM thinks makes sense at...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Like a lot of things in RPGdom, I think that "length of use" is probably one of the biggest points of departure for a lot of people's...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Perhaps. But the more pre-prepped things are, the further away from sandbox it is, and the closer to railroad it is. Pre-prepping is not...