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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
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True. But, does that mean that in a sandbox, the DM is constrained from ever introducing encounters that might be too difficult if the... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Well no. You know if it’s possible or not. Otherwise you wouldn’t call for a roll. The roll is almost never to determine if the guard...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The point of a chart or rule is to allow the GM to be a referee in play. If you don't have this prep to fall back on, you're not...
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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 take you to mean here, not exclusively in the hands of the GM. Yes. As @Hussar posted about way upthread, in a sandbox of the sort...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'm not sure I understand the prior question TBH. If the rails are so straight that the GM is just waiving any obstacles to keep you on...
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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.
What do you mean by "narrative authority". It's not a phrase I've used in this thread. And I don't believe that it's something that 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.
They describe some - not all - of the main cleavages in the scholarship of constitutional interpretation. I mean, I'm in print arguing...
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FFrozenNorth replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..How does character-centric story-telling fail to prioritize internal world logic? And aren’t you aware that saying « my approach...
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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 what I find to be the strange thing. @Campbell and I have different preferences in RPGing. He prefers the AW approach 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.
If realism is all relative and contextual, why does it keep getting applied as a criticism of others' RPGing (including mine)?
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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, I tend to agree with the bolded sentence. I probably have some different posters in mind from the ones you do!
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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.
Suppose that I, as a player, describe my PC doing such-and-such. (My PC says something, or strikes something with a club, or opens a...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Edit: On rethought, I'll just note that if you're unwilling or unable to accept that a term can be used for a range of degree, and...
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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 think this isn't true. Oxygen theorists and phlogiston theorists don't agree on the definition of "combustion" - the former...
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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'm not oblivious to my players' reactions. But I'm not setting out to run a GM-driven game where I tell the players a story that is...