FrozenNorth's latest activity
-
FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
Like.
<shrug> If you were paying attention to 3.5 era changes and the development of SW Saga edition, nothing in 4e was that surprising... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If I couldn’t like things despite recognizing them as flawed or somewhat dissatisfying, I would never go to family functions. :)
-
FFrozenNorth reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'm simply not old enough to know about any of the early days of the hobby, but I definitely see this coming up the most as a complaint...
-
FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I appreciate your passionate interest in my mental states, but I think I know them better than you do. Here is a post I made over 13...
-
FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think one principal issue here is that much of the hobby is allergic to talking about the role that the GM will take in...
-
FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It doesn't. Here it was it literally says, and literally means: "4e D&D is the version of the game that actually gives me what I wanted...
-
FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Of course, "metagaming" is often in the eye of the beholder. I've frequently been told that in standard old-school play, "player...
-
FFrozenNorth reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Don't overplay this too much. I've, for example, played in a few PbtAs GMed by @Manbearcat. I feel pretty sure he'd be HAPPY in the...
-
FFrozenNorth reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
IMHO there was almost nothing that changed between original D&D through AD&D 2e, they're fairly modest variants and updates of basically...
-
FFrozenNorth reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Right. I just see, mechanically, a slight variant of d20 almost straight out of 3.5e. Saves are translated into defenses, and...
-
FFrozenNorth reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Likewise, I have endeavored to cultivate something adjacent to the Golden Age of Islam and the height of Al Andalus, albeit with a...
-
FFrozenNorth reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I agree with your last paragraph. I believe many folks have a good idea of what they’re looking for in a game and select games and...
-
FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No more fundamental than the changes from AD&D to 3E.
-
FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Who doesn't?
-
FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In Burning Wheel, a test doesn't represent anything at all. The character's rating in a skill represents something: their degree of...