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Ggban007 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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Sure… but this description is true of many, many games. I never said anything about their hopes. You said you don’t think an expert in... -
Ggban007 reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Rolemaster is for cowards and communists. Real simulationists play HârnMaster. (Full disclosure: I love HârnMaster on paper. I still...
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Ggban007 reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I feel that the GM fixing rarely occurring edge cases and unusual interactions on the fly is fine, but if the normal base execution of...
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Ggban007 reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I also found this point confusing. The point of the mechanic is to say what happens. How and why are design level questions that guide...
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Ggban007 reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I am a bit confused about this. When I have been doing simulations, the how things act is generally coded into the simulation, the...
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Ggban007 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Though I will point out there's ambiguity if you use your first example rolls a 12. Was that skill or basic ability? You at least have...
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Ggban007 reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Then that's the die you're rolling. Like I said before, you can do the math if you really want to in order determine what actually...
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Ggban007 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Without a Rosetta stone though, the initial transactions would sometimes require conjecture i believe. This symbol is here often, so...
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Ggban007 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I just think that to the degree you can reasonably expect the system to tell you that, expecting the randomizer to be the part doing...
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Ggban007 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You're apparently confusing my point with being about simulation. Its not and has never been. I have had two points and only two in my...
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Ggban007 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This differs from my view of simulation. My basic English answer would be, when we put into the things we know about, it will output...
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Ggban007 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Aren't they? Do you say this based on your own expert knowledge of runes in dungeons? Eg do you not think an archaeologist might be...
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Ggban007 reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
You're preaching to the choir, buddy; I love me some Not-D&D games. (It's one of my favorite weekly articles here on EN World, in...
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Ggban007 reacted to Some Dude's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
I had a brief interaction with Bill Webb a while back regarding this. I don't claim to have any privileged info, or know Webb. But he...
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Ggban007 reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
I guess I take them at their word: if someone says they enjoy something, they are probably right. I don't dig too hard into trying to...