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FFrozenNorth reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Heroes of the Borderlands with
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Yeah, but why would you spend good money on something so simplistic? If I’m going to buy an adventure, it needs to be something I... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Heroes of the Borderlands with Like.
Because it's a good example of "how to put together a very basic D&D adventure" for 12 year old newbies. Which is what it was written...
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FThere’s also the bit of how the interlocking systems (recovery + fear gain) and admonition to consider combat from its narrative weight...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
Exactly this. Bioessentialism is also what gets us things like stat bonuses or penalties for gender.
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FFrozenNorth replied to the thread Daggerheart General Thread [+].I would say “it’s different”. Throw a single solo against a party. That combat will probably be (I) faster than a throw-away combat in...
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FRight. It’s Critical Role’s fix D&D project. It just so happens that a lot of the pain points CR felt needed fixing were also pain...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
The examples the OP gives are not a problem. Bioessentialism becomes problematic when two things happen: 1. The essentialism is about...
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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.
Oh, if you want a non-tautological criticism of deception, I've had one for years. Learning to play the game. In order to learn to...
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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.
Sure, and then folk can get into why they think so. If a poster criticises some play as "linear" and means that it incorporates...
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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.
Sure, but does anyone of us longtime folks not have a sense of what @Lanefan appreciates in play? Does anyone not understand what he...
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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.
Oh, fair enough. Although, I would clarify that this is hardly new for me. Even all the way back in the dark ages of the eighties when...
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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, no, I think intent always matters. And context matters, too. Again… I’m not trying to change anyone else’s use of the word...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think we have very different social situations around our games. All of my games already have players; we're just rotating DM duties...
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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.
In general I agree with you, but when an environment has broke down into side-taking (as this thread long ago did), I think not making...
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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.
For a number of years prior to COVID I either GMed for, or played in games by him pretty regularly. I miss him a lot, as I'd known him...