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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
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Ok? Not sure how that relates to my post, but thanks for sharing your opinion I guess. -
hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Sure, why does anyone's opinion matter, Micah? I think it matters because I think "be a neutral arbiter" has remained common advice in...
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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.
Just as an observation, AW and DW state as fundamental techniques the use of first person, addressing the characters, etc. along with...
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hawkeyefan reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Sort of. For the Want of a Nail by Sobel is written as a history book mostly focused on economics. But certainly Turtledove's and...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Campbell's post in the thread Dungeon World Gets New Owners, Second Edition Planned with Like.
What I have seen seems to be moving the game more towards more conventional play. It does not seem to me to make it more of a Powered by...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I don't think that plausibility is THE priority in alternate history stories. There are plenty of alternate histories that would be very...
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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
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I mean, when you look at the rest of the galaxy, Earth starts to look pretty implausible. :) -
hawkeyefan reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Of course the strange thing is that a real living world doesn't run on the logic of what is plausible! So we may, and I do, abstract our...
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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 Like.
It's a weird one because if you ask me how I make character decisions then I'll say something like 'it just feels like what that...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I don't think plausibility works as a creative heuristic - that it's not useful to generate what could possibly happen. It is very... -
hawkeyefan reacted to thefutilist's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'm maybe not communicating what I (and @pemerton) are saying. In the 'moment' of making an NPC decision, you're not thinking about the...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Let's say there are no mechanics in play and what would have happened in the event of a Duel of Wits was instead handled with regard to...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
When it comes to finding meaning in a given moment of play in games like Apocalypse World, the reason I don't like taking a mechanic...
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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 do wish the 2024 rules didn’t foreground “fun” so much in their guidelines for how to make decisions. Ah well.
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hawkeyefan reacted to chaochou's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
A 750-page thread built around arguing that GM-led sandboxing circa 1983 is some new or revelatory cutting edge rpg tech. I see where...