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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
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Sure. But the core point remains: even from the very foundation of the hobby, even from the moment that what most folks see as the... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
And this, right here, is one of the things I find extremely frustrating about discussing game design. Note your comparison: literature...
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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.
Who says it often doesn't happen? Have you been on many overland expeditions? I haven't. My experience with them, such as it is, comes...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I mean I don’t think the original quote applies to those OSR players who are focused on skilled play, and any story that shows up is...
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FFrozenNorth replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..So, if you roll a cook on a random table, does it suddenly become less implausible? The criticism that was made against « fail forward...
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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.
Sure, but that doesn't make consulting an expert, or accepting the opinions of one on a matter in their field, as a fallacy, or foolish...
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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.
...OK, you know it doesn't have to be a cook, right? It could be a member of the house having a midnight snack. It could be the dog. It...
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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.
No protagonists? Do you just mean characters? So a cook is very likely to be found in a kitchen, right? But the cook will not spend...
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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.
You keep pointing to an example where the consequence - the screaming cook - has not been telegraphed, has not been expressly or...
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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.
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...
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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.
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...