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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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But it's not true that, if a game is never boring, than it is never interesting either. I can get my full share of tedium from (eg)... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
They’re getting good rolls, or there’s no need for one ;). Most heroic/action fantasy I read consistently hits the same sort of beats...
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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.
I would have thought that "cinematic fiction" is supposed to contrast with other forms of fiction. But fiction where interesting and...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I was just noting there were functions that doing something like that can be serving, even if that particular execution left something...
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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 see no reason to compromise" is an unwillingness to compromise...like...that's literally what being unwilling to compromise means...
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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.
If success is actually impossible, then you wouldn't roll at all. But you're doing the rather typical thing of openly taking the...
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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.
Why? Maybe because you don't have enough like-minded people around to run the game exactly how you want to do it? Or maybe you really...
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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.
I know. Just because I have a different focus than you, don't treat me like I don't know the field. Instead, how about you start by...
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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.
Ok, but even pretty much all “conventional” game state-of-the-art advice embraces a fail-forward mentality. Daggerheart is probably 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.
No, it's because you keep dropping crappy little one liners like digs or "crapposting" throughout this thread. Like, you show up each...
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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.
Classic dungeon-crawling D&D allows for rolls that don't "move the narrative forward". For instance, the players are allowed to declare...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread TSR The Full & Glorious History of NuTSR with Like.
It's been awhile; time for a few minor updates. Tom from Tabletop Taproom, aka @Jedion357, who first got involved in all this NuTSR...
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FFrozenNorth replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Well, the discussion was about how poorly designed game mechanics can affect the pacing of a game, so the fact that you can improve...
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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.
Yes Micah, we know that you're also extremely conservative. :P Like seriously folks: if you're not playing a TTRPG to tell some sort of...
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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.
Unless you engage in play in which effect does not follow cause, or characters don't have even half-cogent reasons for their actions...