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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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Appeal to an authority is not a fallacy. For instance, I believe that exposure to radiation in large doses is harmful to human health... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
What I find weird is that you will post again and again that realism, causality etc are fundamental to your enjoyment of RPGing. But...
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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.
I’ll do that, but 5e has added millions to the player base; obviously I can’t stop until I’m sure that every single one of them has been...
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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.
Sorry, I think you're making a mountain out of a mole hill. First of all players are always free to interject, "hey we want to gather...
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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.
You missed it then: I've literally only heard of the Forge through this thread. So no, the friend isn't dead because you failed to...
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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, come now. He's mostly just explicating what every successful game designer knows. If you want to know that sort of thing, why not...
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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.
I mentioned this way back earlier in the thread, but my personal opinion is that "detection" and "perception" abilities work against the...
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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.
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...