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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
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Yes, I find that equally ridiculous. The characters in most of my narrativist games tend to be at least as substantive as any in my trad... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes, it is a change. It's not a direct violation of the integrity of the roll, though. This is a perfectly valid way to handle the...
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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.
So... It's okay to leave important elements of the world undefined until after a roll is made when doing so is convenient? But it's...
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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.
Even at night--depending on the exact hour--a cook could still be around, preparing things for the next day, closing up, possibly using...
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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.
While that is the original meaning of the term, most buildings called "châteaux" in French today are not castles, and are instead manor...
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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.
So...you agree that the (alleged) counterexample doesn't apply in cases where, y'know, actual success genuinely is possible...
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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.
No. What I'm saying is, in both cases, you are inventing a new fact about the world that wasn't present before. Just in one of them...
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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.
And yet again, what "quantum" is changes to fit whatever argument is convenient for the arguer today. I'm done. I'm not going to...
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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.
As always, quibbles rather than engaging with the core point. You're now declaring that this challenge never could have ever been...
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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 just...I don't buy this. I don't. A "complication" means that things...got complicated. An event or an object or an action which...
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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.
Doesn't it? My experience doesn't really bear this out: players (again, in my experience) like to riff on, build on and interact with...
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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 think it's funny how multiple posters who have attacked the cook and have repeatedly insisted they aren't interested in hearing how 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.
Huh? There was a whole sub-culture of complaint about 4e D&D - spearheaded by The Alexandrian - based on the fact that many 4e mechanics...
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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.
Who is being petitioned? I mean, do you describe moving your piece in a chess game, or playing your card in a card game, using this...
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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, my point was that players don’t often change the fiction without involving their characters. Change meaning the fiction is A, and...