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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
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@SableWyvern I think where many of us bristle is with the idea that the GM having exclusive ownership of the setting and players having... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I have never asserted that DW, or BitD, or any PbtA or FitD game is somehow uniquely special or the only thing capable of some...
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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.
Several people spoke of various things--"realism", plausibility, consistency, etc.--as limitations on GM action. I don't know if anyone...
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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.
It's easy to have a casual conversation about game design that assumes all designs are variants on AD&D c 1984. If you want to have a...
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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.
Is it spoken aloud? Or is it all soft-touch implication, presumed details, and unstated expectations? Because illusionism is fully...
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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.
My point was to ask, "Okay, so the players made that decision. What happens to prevent you from doing <blah blah blah>?" where <blah...
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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.
By putting the goblin there, you have just broken the past context and rewritten things to include goblins, even though there...
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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 should think it obvious that the answer is "no", but this thread has made clear that unless I spill a thousand words on every single...
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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.
Nope! Wrong. Incorrect. My point isn't that this is anything like what the world is. I am asking--I have been asking, for quite some...
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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.
Well, in my case, it's because I ask about what things are removed from that power. Context? Context is determined by the GM. Things...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Crowdfunding was a thing years before 5e came out. Kickstarter itself launched back in 2009. Sure, it's facilitating a host of indie...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yeah. The other part of the Paizo dev's comment was that the pie is so large, that even though they're getting a narrower slice compared...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to GreyLord's post in the thread D&D 5E Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with Like.
I believe that part of the inspiration was Jack the Giant Slayer as well, and that is where the bonus damage to giant class enemies came...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D 5E Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with Like.
It's not a conspiracy. It's just regular caster bias. That's because there are typically too small. Creating a ranger that the...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D 5E Convince me that the Ranger is a necessary Class. with Like.
True enough... but then again I notice that it's been over 10 years since the release of 5E. If they haven't put together their...