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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
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There's a gross pervasive attitude that art isn't worth much, it's just a pretty picture. But you're not just paying the piece, you're... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I feel like the issue here is that you appear to be comparing adapting a heroic fantasy game to do heroic fantasy to adapting GURPS 4E...
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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.
Wasn't it Edwards who pointed out that narrative and gamist agendas are pretty compatible? And yes, this sort of stakes setting serves...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That's a pretty excellent point. 2E, 3E, and 5E have all featured a lot of tracking of resources that aren't actually going to run out...
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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.
Opinions on flexibility of games that utilize daily resource refresh or other time-based resource refreshes are going to very much...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If he was like, really struggling, and his books desperately needed art, I'd disagree with it but could forgive it. But frankly his...
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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.
The core issue with using D&D as a generic toolkit system is its magic system. D&D has an incredibly specific, bespoke magic system...
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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 understand what he said. Why does he need to defend his playstyle preferences to? Why would anyone feel that need? What I'm...
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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.
And your response tells me that something is failing to get communicated here. I'm not inventing anything, GMSs in this paradigm are...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to cbwjm's post in the thread D&D (2024) How's the adoption of the new Goliath types going? with Like.
They just need "Vulnerable to sling stones" added to the race abilities.
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FFrozenNorth reacted to bedir than's post in the thread D&D (2024) How's the adoption of the new Goliath types going? with Like.
The appendix N (inspirations) for the Goliath are plentiful though. There's everything Critical Role has done, which is 1,000s of...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to bergec's post in the thread D&D (2024) How's the adoption of the new Goliath types going? with Like.
That's a matter of world-building. They are a new species to be part of the core, so their visibility in already published settings is...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to jmartkdr2's post in the thread D&D (2024) How's the adoption of the new Goliath types going? with Like.
That can be a chicken-egg situation, IME. As soon as a player wants to be a goliath, then the lore will be written and integrated, but...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to bedir than's post in the thread D&D (2024) How's the adoption of the new Goliath types going? with Like.
Amen. The world in which my games are set shouldn't be dictated by Ed, Gary, Jeff, etc. They aren't at my table. They weren't telling...
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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.
I think a lot of us take it as a given that if you're playing a different game, then your "primary mode of play" will probably change...