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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
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On the subject of Encounters and Bypassing them - instinctively as a GM I think of "bypassing" to mean avoiding a fight - there's an... -
FFrozenNorth replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Even in D&D terms, I don’t think I’ve come across anyone who has said they « encountered » a town.
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yeah. That's a very major departure between myself and @Lanefan. I can't disagree with him more that players will try to cheat unless...
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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.
Unless the GM is literally telling the players what their PCs do at every point, it seems likely that some things may occur in the...
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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.
Your "danger" seems pretty similar to @CellarHeroes's "threat" from a bit of a way upthread. Gygax's AD&D is pretty clear that, when it...
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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.
"Bypass" used to mean did something other than fight seems to me idiosyncratic but clear enough once the idiosyncrasy is explained...
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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.
Clearly for Daggerheart, you are. See: OP title ;). Regardless, a Player Best Practices with short punchy descriptions of how to play...
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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.
Honestly, it has been unclear. I think what often happens in these discussions is people fail to make the distinction between what is...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to DinoInDisguise's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I've seen comments like the bolded ones as well, or at least that's how I've interpreted them, and I think they're obviously inaccurate...
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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 mean, all sorts of things? Make the rewards worth the risk: players tend to love shiny treasure, and many are very motivated by...
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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.
No. Not to me, anyway. Every experiment trying to measure light's speed failed for centuries, until we finally did measure it. I...
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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.
Have I, even once, said "beyond all doubt innocent", or even anything which could be spindled, folded, or mutilated into that? I have...
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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.
Then he is far from the only person with a stance I consider profoundly unfair and biased. It's simply not acceptable. "Rules for thee...
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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.
Ah yeah, that's a great point there. I've definitely had some moments where play felt like it was lagging out, and I realized I needed...
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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.
Right, I've played in a lot of extensive settings previously. I've run APs that have moment by moment play mapped out, I've played in...