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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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Someone upthread asked what "fail forward" is/looks like. Given that Luke Crane is one of those who coined the concept, it seems to me... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Hang on, so now you're back to quoting some random website? I don't see why I should take it seriously as a guide to how to play RPGs.
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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.
Sure, if it's a CoC-type game, where people going nuts/dying is part of the genre, fine. Players approach the genre with genre...
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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.
Perhaps you could keep it to the actual principles involved, rather than providing play examples that do a poor job of reflecting the...
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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.
No, I got that you believe that. But it's not true. The player can learn and manipulate the situation--they'll often have moves to let...
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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.
While a legitimate point, the numbers I quoted were not for just professional climbers but competent amateurs too, and while I agree...
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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.
Why are we assuming the GM has not put any work into establishing stakes here? That they have telegraphed no dangers? Because if it's...
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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 think you're lying. But you appear to use the D&D combat rules. That's enough for me to infer how versimilitudinous combat is. I...
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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.
Sure. That doesn't mean that it's a fallacy to believe them because of their expertise. I can tell you that drivers in Australia travel...
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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.
As it happens, I know some pretty serious pure mathematicians. They can tell me some things that I can (almost) make sense of. I...
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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 thought you said this: I have no evidence, other than the testimony of authorities, about the workings of radioactive decay, what some...
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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.
Well, there's room for some dice. The GM could rule that the Discern Realities move was triggered. A Defy Danger could be rolled, say...
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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.
Well, I think your "proper definition" is silly. I learned a few nuclear decay sequences in high school physics. I learned that the...
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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 sure you appreciate the irony here - what makes that definition authoritative? And suppose that it is authoritative, @FrogReaver and...
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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.
If the house is one that is likely to have a cook, why is it shocking or unrealistic for there to be a cook? How does that work? Do you...