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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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It really isn't as hard as you think--especially when GMs in this very thread, self-professed "sandbox" GMs, are perfectly comfortable... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes. Which is prep based on player interest, not based on what the world "objectively" contains. Which has been repeatedly cited as...
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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.
Well, I disagree that intent is necessary. I suppose an intentional railroad is worse because the GM is actively denying player choice…...
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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 genuinely don't understand what we're arguing about here then. You recognize that the only things that are getting details...are...
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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.
What games allow players to “easily change aspects” of the game world? A flashback cannot change what’s happened, though. It can...
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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 the point is that, in actual driving, the constraints involve the causal operation of weather, topography, road surfaces, other...
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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.
Cartographers don't place things on maps. They draw maps which correspond to a literal, physical location. Presuming they aren't...
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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.
But, that's the point we keep trying to get across. The ONLY reason the players could decide to go north to Fire God's Mountain is...
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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.
And I'm saying it's not objective. That's...the whole point. Pre-established is no more nor less objective than any other approach. It...
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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.
Sure… it guides him to different areas of his prep. Go to one, the GM reads these paragraphs, go to the other, the GM reads those...
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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.
Really? The players declared that there were guards at the gate? The players declared that the town was there? What, exactly, is the...
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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, was snipping for brevity. EXCELLENT stuff. And, frankly, probably how most people approach creating sandboxes. Yeah, that's...
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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.
You heard it here first folks. @Lanefan's games are fueled by coke. LOLOLOL :D :D :D
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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.
But, since that scenario is 100% generated by the dm, I’m failing to see the difference. You’re still playing to the dms preferences and...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Look, I'm saying that NPCs are NPCs in all sorts of play, and in none of them are a substantial percentage fleshed out beforehand. So to...