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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… that’s my point. If I say that modern conventional wisdom should be X, where X is something fr games you consider narrativist, you... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I mentioned it upthread that D&D sadly trains players to act in ways that many DMs feel is out of character for their creations. Lanefan...
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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.
Its actually very similar to a method I usually recommend in its carrot-and-stick nature. Usually I'm talking about it in terms of...
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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.
Moral: pertaining to how people should treat one another (perhaps also themselves; perhaps non-human animals; perhaps "the world"; etc)...
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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.
In Monster of the Week, there's a move called Manipulate Someone. It can be used on another PC. If the manipulator succeeds on their...
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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.
Moving on from there being a conventional wisdom of what roleplaying games are and can be is an improvement from my perspective. Not...
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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 can get that. I just think anyone who's willing to deal with D&D style hit points shouldn't get too strident talking about gamism as...
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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.
Because they're new to you. Because if you actually read the books thoroughly, you'd see they aren't actually restrictions, and...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to DinoInDisguise's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I disagree on both. You're framing player motivation as something inherently suspect. That because players express themselves through a...
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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.
I find the idea that you don't care about standards beyond your own game to be dubious given the nature of the majority of your posts...
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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.
Conflict across a moral line. Here's an example of conflict that is not across a moral line: do we go overland, risking frostbite, or...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to DinoInDisguise's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Is this fair? Doesn't this reasoning presume bad faith? The whole argument is built on the assumption that players are trying to get...
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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.
A standard would be one true way... which given your tendency to rail against that... or even prescribed methods in many cases... I...
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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.
Right, but we’ve moved past the point where there is a conventional wisdom about this. Because the conventional wisdom aligns with your...
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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.
Yes, they are. That's what makes them negative. It's the definition of the word. If it's a part of the game, and it's a known risk...