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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
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But those... those are both boardgames... which would put them in the same hobby... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I can also the point that this thread is about 4,000 posts too long and we should have moved on a long time ago. Emulating real life is...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think I've established that I don't see these rules as forcing PC behavior. For me, they move play along. I have a low threshold for...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Why is it disturbing if we are all opting into it and trust each other? A game does not have to be a fit for every person or every...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's not a claim, it's actually in the rules! Not in the free rules, but in the full text: "Remember that these rules don't dictate...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
So, the background provides an affiliation to Halfred and Marfan and this band called Regulators who have some history and who have...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
For someone who’s been posting regularly on these forums for years? That’s absolutely demonstrating a lack of curiosity about the...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
ah, yes, he definitely has an opinion ;) That does not mean the points he brings up are not valid, I might disagree with his proposed...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Quoting these together because (I think) my response to each is kind of related, and I'm particularly responding to the parts I've...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Believing that the player should have 100% authority to determine a character’s mental state is an aesthetic choice that not everyone...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
He's the dude who created Apocalypse World and, effectively, the entire PbtA style of games. (You don't have to like PbtA, of course...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You can do whatever you want, man. But if you tell me “I’m running my setting as an objective, unbiased creation” I’m not going to...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
With a Duel of Wits, you are opting in. You are staking that control over your character's autonomy to have control over the setting...
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FFrozenNorth replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I can live with that. The principal reason I proposed GM-curated rather than GM-created was because I thought peoponants of the style...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Right on. I appreciate it. It's not mind control. If a character is persuaded, that doesn't mean that the character changes their...