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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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FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I've never said it's a bad thing. A lot of posters in this thread, though, have denied that it is a thing (outside of the context of...
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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.
Then the next question is, does "nothing happens" clearly make the most sense, or does it seem to because it's what you're used to? If...
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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'm not 100% sure if you're identifying "Are you SURE you want to do that?" as a manifestation of GM-driven play. I think it is, and so...
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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.
It may be the admiration, rather than the person, that is secret. Or, as in The Scarlet Citadel, the unexpected visitor may come 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.
But it is a cost directly caused by the failure. If you had successfully overcome the difficulty of the cliff, your friend would be...
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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.
Again: Why not? You're asserting this like it's a universal truth, something self-evident. It isn't. Not even in old-school D&D.
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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.
Is it that fail forward doesn't work there? Or is it that there are multiple ways to view failure even in that context, and thus it is...
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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.
So the reason is "because I want every single check to have a single specific defined success result and a single specific defined...
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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 think, in the sandboxes I’ve seen, there is clearly consideration for things like level and danger. I don’t think that means that...
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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...