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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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I've neither read nor played Monsterhearts myself. I think this is a bit of a genre trope though. You are playing teenagers and dealing... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This seems to suggest impulsive decisions and "going with the gut" are things that do not exist. Unless we are communicating from...
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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.
Unless they're risky? But people do that in real life all the time. People make decisions that are not in their own interests. Very...
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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.
The sensible thing for Luke to do would not have been to listen to the old wizard and go off to try and save the princess. Instead, he...
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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 have, perhaps, a slightly-more-useful demonstration case for a "Fail Forward" situation. The party is chasing someone, say an...
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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.
How is it false? It’s literally the advice. Oh my god would you guys stop being so paranoid about people saying D&D is boring?
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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 this is an over-generalisation. Romeo and Juliet. Les Miserables. The Great Gatsby. Howard's End. Just to name a few works that...
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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.
The rules don't need to spell everything out, because the writers assume that the players and GM have an imagination. For instance, if...
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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 no one is talking about that. Genuinely. Not one person talking about these rules has even suggested that. What makes you think...
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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.
Are all your characters like this? Are none of them ruled by their passions? Are none of them addicted to danger? Are none of them...
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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.
We’ve been talking about a cook hearing someone picking a lock. There are no interim steps between the lock picker acting and the cook...
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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.
Again you are dodging the core of the question. It is not whether they try to find SOME answer which seems ADEQUATELY reasonable and...
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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 you don't think that, possibly, the reason could be that a player chose to create a character struggling with their beliefs, values...
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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.
I'll note people's reasons for irrational behavior is often amazingly opaque, sometimes even to them.
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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 doors are unexpectedly opened by burglars, the people behind them may get startled. Good burglars are good at avoiding this (by...