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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
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Among those in this thread who are arguing that "bypass an encounter" has a clear meaning, there seems to be a significant difference of... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But doesn't the level system work against you here? You can have all the locations and whatnot that you want, but, there are practical...
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FFrozenNorth replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..[…] Definitely, @EzekielRaiden ‘s approach to motivating the characters both seems a lot more interesting and engaging, and more likely...
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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.
You have, many many times over, told me that they will--not that they might, but they will--bend the rules into pretzels, even break...
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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.
But it doesn’t. The definition from the 5e DMG is different from the dictionary definition. There can be non-combat encounters in a...
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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 normally try not to assign motives to others… but when it’s done to me, I’ll do it right back. In this case, I should have also...
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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.
On the subject of Encounters and Bypassing them - instinctively as a GM I think of "bypassing" to mean avoiding a fight - there's an...
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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...