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hawkeyefan reacted to thefutilist's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Striving for impartiality - play to find out what happens Pinning down details before choices are made - clocks Letting players trash... -
hawkeyefan reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Haha.
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hawkeyefan reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I mean, I don't really think it was designed with the idea of anything quite like PbtA-style Principles, but if I had to pick them... -
hawkeyefan reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Back a bunch of pages, I got told in no uncertain terms that one of the strengths of sandbox games is how it can so easily adopt player...
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hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Take that up with @Lanefan, not me. Please point me to where I said that. I've just done a search of the use of the words "incoherent"...
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hawkeyefan reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think there’s just some resistance or whatever on their behalf to buying into your core assertion that “it’s all turtles GM decisions...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It’s a cop out . It’s disclaiming decision making after play by blaming it on “the world” rather than disclaiming it during play by...
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hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't think anyone in this thread is confused about pretending, or about suspending disbelief. But as I posted, parents who fool...
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hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
There is no such claim. The claim is that a referee who seeks to fool themselves that the setting is real (so they end up in a...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yes, absolutely. My goal as a GM is to present a plausible world and scenarios that follow from what’s already happened in play and so...
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hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
A GM who is pretending to themself that it the fiction is real - and hence who sets out to disclaim to themself any responsibility for...
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hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Beliefs aren't imaginary. They are actual mental states in the actual heads of actual people. Of course they have real effects. I'm...
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@pemerton Thanks for the response. Personally, I don't see merit in inserting agency as a factor into what constitutes 'skilled play'...
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hawkeyefan reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This logic applies in spades to the GM. At a practical level, sure some things the GM might say would be contradictory or absurd, but...
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hawkeyefan reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yea, and people choosing to follow those beliefs shows agency. The imaginary figure is not exerting any agency.