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FFrozenNorth reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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That is a good framing. I'll leave the MHRP case to others, to focus on D&D. In formulating my example upthread, I had in mind a more... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Says who? The GM does not have unilateral authority over the shared fiction.
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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.
This is hugely controversial. I wouldn't play at a table where a GM asserts this sort of power. I mean, even as...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I should add that I accept that it matters. I suspect it takes reflection on individual preferences or received norms to understand why...
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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.
White Plume Mountain. Castle Amber. Against the Slave Lords. In all these modules, and as far as I know in the modules that WotC is...
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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.
Did you not read any of my posts in which I said that this is not a game about solving puzzles or overcoming GM-authored challenges so...
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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.
Well then, I consider that objection pretty seriously problematic, if retrocausality is totally unacceptable from one participant and...
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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.
But you can see why I have a problem calling that simulationist right? How is your example any different than magic pixies? That's the...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Gimby's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Right, which is why suggestions of "cheating" or "get-out-of-jail-free cards" is irrelevant to this discussion. Something done...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Gimby's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Surely this only makes sense as a concern in terms of challenge base play? All play changes the narrative and the current state of the...
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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.
See, I generally prefer more simulation that D&D offers, which is one reason why I play and enjoy Burning Wheel and Torchbearer 2e...
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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.
Don't they? Then how do you explain Tomb of Horrors? Or if you want something more grounded: why wouldn't (say) a burial chamber have...
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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.
That your complaint, as best I can tell, is simply that the player rather than the GM established some fiction. How is it free? And what...
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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.
"Justified by the fiction" here just seems to mean "authored by the GM" or "following more-or-less directly from something authored by...
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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 don't understand why scale and responsibility matter when the (claimed) issue is one of principle. If it is principle that is actually...