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FFrozenNorth reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Just to make sure, are you perhaps conflating "goal and approach" with BW's "intent and task"? Goal and approach is simply advice to... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
And thus the exhausting, essential conservatism. There's no looking for a path towards realizing any sort of play goal, there's just...
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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.
But, you can help making it into a personal jab. You just chose not to. And that's on you. If folks are no longer interested in being...
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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.
By "we" you might mean "you". There is no such thing as "differently quantum". That just means "quantum that I don't like" as opposed to...
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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.
But this just brings us back to the commonplace observation that getting sprung and/or startling someone is not completely independent...
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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.
Right. I mean, I sometimes find that these threads have a bizarre character, where posters like @Micah Sweet accuse me of hating, 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.
The reason hit points are not a simulation is not because they are not granular. It's because they don't model anything. They are just a...
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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.
But you contrasted it against the GM's roll, by describing how it removes uncertainty! Both things resolve uncertainty. Both things...
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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 guess I don't understand why the guard is related, but the cook isn't. Both are people inside/around the house who could be a peril...
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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.
... How on earth is the picking-a-lock roll not resolving uncertainty????? That literally does not answer the question. What does...
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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.
Then what on earth does "being a simulation" even MEAN? Because at this point you've reduced it to little more than "doing what I like...
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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.
Why would it be different if the player had rolled a specific result, and as a result you knew there would be terrain or a situation...
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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 not telling you what your view is. I'm telling you about D&D. The idea that hp, saving throws, surprise rolls, etc are...
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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.
The thing you quoted said nothing about your views. It said that the game under discussion--D&D--is not a very good simulationist game...
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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.
The thread up to this point has made it pretty clear that "quantum" is the enemy, whatever form it might take. But even if we grant...