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FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I mentioned this way back earlier in the thread, but my personal opinion is that "detection" and "perception" abilities work against the... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'm shocked that citing the authority of academic sources wasn't able to solve a division in what "appeal to authority" means. :)
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FFrozenNorth replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..So, to demonstrate that another poster is wrong about an appeal to authority, you yourself are commiting the appeal to authority...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Eric V's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
"You appeal to authority if you back up your reasoning by saying that it is supported by what some authority says on the subject. Most...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Eric V's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
1) Sure, a series of them...like in combat. Of course, even then, players can decide to retreat; I can't decide to not fall. 2) Any...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Eric V's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No, that's not quite right; it's a fallacy when one appeals to an authority that lacks expertise in the matter being discussed...like...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Eric V's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
For sure. My first post indicated that I am sure there are players that love it when their characters die this way.
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Eric V's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Still more than 1 in 100 though...which is pretty high, considering the character dies otherwise. In the real world, would you engage...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Eric V's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Character death due to arbitrary roll is not high-stakes, though; it's random crap. In fact, character death is the least imaginative...
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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.
Because why not? The characters are traveling. We should assume all sorts of things they do while traveling. Foraging and hunting would...
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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. But I expect that this will be a meaningful argument from within their own space that over-occupation with realism is not as...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You could even say it's "exhausting". :)
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FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
An appeal to authority is fallacious in the case where the authority isn't a credible responder to the question being asked. The...
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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 a skill that needs to be developed and you are basically starting at square one as a GM. Experience running more conventional games...
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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.
"Appeal to authority" is only a fallacy if the authority is unsubstantiated. AKA, if I were to site Joseph Schmoe on the subject of...