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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
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Which brings us back to @EzekielRaiden's question from one or two hundred posts upthread: is it possible to say more about what makes... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But, I got absolutely pilloried for suggesting that this is a lot of work that the DM needs to do before starting a sandbox or indeed...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No, I wasn’t. Go back and read my post. I was pointing out that the modern version of D&D has practices that no longer make sense for...
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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.
Tennis courts, basketball courts, football ovals, etc - they all have marked lines. The purpose of those lines isn't to deal with the...
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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 had always assumed that I was a pretty conservative RPGer - certainly compared to (say) Paul Czege or Vincent Baker or Robin Laws or...
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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.
See, this is the sort of dogmatic assertion that gives me the impression that you're not familiar with much non-D&D-esque RPGing. Now...
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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.
See, this contrast between "mechanical widgets" and "giving weight to the things the players actually choose to say and do" reinforces...
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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.
The second sentence is the case in any well-designed RPG that uses a fortune resolution system. It doesn't require that failure follow...
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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.
The second sentence seems a non-sequitur relative to the first. An obstacle is a thing that impedes progress. The existence of obstacles...
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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.
See, reading this, I don't see anything about realism. It is about shaping the play experience: players are allowed to "just" attack...
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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.
Yet multiple posters in this thread have posited White Plume Mountain as consistent with sandboxing. Now maybe @The Firebird was just...
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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.
RIght, this! I mean, ten billion posts upthread this all started because one poster (whom I won't drag back in, but I think we all know...
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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.
Sorry for swimming way upthread. Holy moley you guys are fast. :D But, I'd point out that this is a fundamental misunderstanding of...
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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.
Isn't @EzekielRaiden's point that the anti-drinking God is also a NPC that the GM has created. How did realism operate in relation to...
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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.
Well, in my experience the goal of referees who describe their goal as "realism* is actually to fit certain received tropes combined...