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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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Again, I refer you to the example that I was explicitly given by others who favored an old-school sandbox experience: the "you didn't... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to Gimby's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In this case the PCs didn't end up having a combat on the battlemap as I'd prepared - they instead made use of stealth and illusions to...
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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.
Thank you! This nicely captures my concerns here. That is, there seems to be a trilemma here: GM doesn't give detailed info unless...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I agree, but I still think it is good to have a sense of how it could impact agency. Introducing example: I have prepared a cool ranger...
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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.
Yes, exactly this, this is what I mean when I say the world is inside the GM's black box unless-and-until the GM chooses to inform the...
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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 don’t leave it up to the players. What I do depends on the game. But if the players don’t follow the footprints, then I don’t...
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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’s Frieren? I think you may have already said so, but I want to be sure. As for the shift… yeah, it’s not that surprising at this...
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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.
One of my favorite pieces of advice from His Majesty the Worm is to just give your players the dungeon map. Sure, keep off secret rooms...
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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, I can see that to some extent. Though in a way the goal of the sandbox that you’ve been describing seems more about crafting as...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Gimby's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
To give a simple example of the potential conflict between prep and agency I'd like to offer an encounter from a recent 5e game. The...
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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.
How did we go from “5e is the dominant force in the market currently so we should assume their definitions” to “well but actually we...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It does? If you walk into a huge, ancient red dragon's den, and get into a knock-down, drag-out physical fight, and lose, you die. If...
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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.
I was explaining that I am not insisting that prep always takes away agency. Just that there's a conflict there. I'm not saying that...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In Dresden Files, if you cannot absorb Stress from a Social source, you are Taken Out, just like any other stress. And, whoever took...
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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.
It's not irrelevant to me, though. That there are things out in the world, hinted at in some way, does not turn those things into an...