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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
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I think, in the sandboxes I’ve seen, there is clearly consideration for things like level and danger. I don’t think that means that... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Oh, stop it! There's huge concessions to playability in all these setups! Of course there are always clear signposts telling the players...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Is a character who is being seriously injured by a monster in combat having fun? Some might be, but I'd bet a lot would realistically be...
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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.
It's not about getting the terms correct. It's about accurately representing how we do the damn thing. You not liking the way a...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That's a huge assumption. It's incredibly easy to come up with something interesting that is 100% in the fiction. Example: they're in an...
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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 had it happen to me, too… plenty of times. Mostly years ago when all the play I was taking part in would be called “trad”. I think...
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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 don’t know if that’s accurate. What if the low climb roll indicated that it took you a really ling time to climb the cliff… 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.
Well, that's the gig; given I first saw this happen in a traditional dungeon decades ago, it was going to be hard for me to buy into...
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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.
Yeah, I was just pointing out that “that’s not the way the real world works” is true of every RPG. Because often in these...
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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 don't know what you mean by "story driven play". I mean, you're the guy who says that you want fiction over rules; yet you seem to be...
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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 post shifts between talking about imaginary causation in the fiction, and the exercise of authorial power in the real world. The...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Heh. I did play Everquest for a very short while many, many years ago. But, I do recall dying a HELL of a lot, even in the "easy"...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Except that you're the DM. Contriving any sort of connection as to why the NPC knows something is ludicrously easy. And, you can...
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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.
But this then means there is no such thing as "traditional GM" stuff. There's just what SableWyvern does, what Lanefan does, what Micah...
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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, it isn't. It is literally the most important thing. The same goes for all your arguments about how important it is that characters...