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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
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Oh, come on. The ONLY reason the grass suddenly becomes long is because of the ambush, not the other way around. The DM wouldn't have... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
And, thus we keep up the pretense. Ask yourself this. Why did that group of monsters just happen to meet the party at that point in...
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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.
Your wandering monsters magically teleport to whatever location the party happens to be at the arbitrarily determined time span. The...
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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.
The tall grass ambush is a perfect example. The question that needs to be asked is, "Why is the grass tall?" After all, it wasn't...
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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.
Just like there might be a cook in the room?
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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.
So, to put it another way, there is no actual difference. The only difference is how well we can cover over the fact that the material...
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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.
High grass would be unusual in a dungeon, I think.
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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.
Or, as I point out in regard to this all the time, you can just stop yourself. That's the thing; people don't have a right to tell...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to gban007's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Power is in your hands too though, if you stop responding to them, then conversation will also stop. To @hawkeyefan point though 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.
Well, I recall earlier in the thread where I described sandbox play as being GM focused. And that opinion was met with resistance. Not...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Incorrect. It will also stop if/when people choose to stop.
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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.
But you don't understand that "failure has a cook and success has no cook" isn't how these games work. You are factually incorrect about...
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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--as we have said before--that's not how narrative games actually work. To begin with, most of these games don't have a...
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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.
From my perspective, it's not about what you care for or not (I do not care what you or anyone cares for or not). I am quite confident...
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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.
In my view, "If we roll to populate a hex the players just entered" then it is obvious that "everything is being made up for the PCs."...