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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
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Right, you use derogatory terminology, but you don't mean it. Lets just drop this, it can't lead to anywhere good. As for D&D is not... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Many of these... ...are good examples of fail forward, or partial successes/partial failures. Just FYI.
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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.
Sometimes clarification isn't about arguing a point or however you and others choose to play. Often it is about accurate representation...
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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.
Except that this is about failing die rolls, not the premise of the campaign. They can still fail to stop the BBEG or evil ritual or...
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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.
Shouldn't teaching actually teach to keep trying after a failure? Which isn't something that usually isn't allowed in RPGs.
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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.
Well, yes. I'm not talking about playing OSR or anything in its realm where "the solving of problems via player skill" is a significant...
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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 just recently re-read the first three books of the Nightrunner Series, every dang roguish moment either happens as narration (he...
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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.
"Your weapon belt snags on a sharp rock and you watch in horror as your blade falls with a clang to the bottom." Or, same idea, but the...
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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.
I think the conservatism also shows in the description of "It was certainly a pretty radical departure of design from what came before...
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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.
I think this captures my feeling on the subject as well, both as a player and as a GM. As a player, I don't see or feel any difference...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
And we're saying that there is absolutely no difference between one completely arbitrary die roll resulting in an encounter and another...
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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 reiterated the imagined instance of play of Apocalypse World, where the PC breaks into Dremmer's storeroom and encounters Pattycakes...
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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 noticed a certain trend in this discussion that, when it comes to identifying features of D&D, combat doesn't count. There is a...
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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.
This is contentious. In the way PCs are built - stats, feats, the components of a character's "race" - is heavily derived from 3E D&D...
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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.
When it comes to the classic inspirational literature, my gold standard for climbing urban walls to sneak into somewhere important is...