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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
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I've never said it's a bad thing. A lot of posters in this thread, though, have denied that it is a thing (outside of the context of... -
hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Many accounts of some "narrative games" (your term, not mine) have been given in this thread. I've posted a lot about Burning Wheel. I...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Then the next question is, does "nothing happens" clearly make the most sense, or does it seem to because it's what you're used to? If...
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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.
Given that "the world" in this context is authored by the GM, I read this as a description of GM-driven play.
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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'm not 100% sure if you're identifying "Are you SURE you want to do that?" as a manifestation of GM-driven play. I think it is, and so...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yes yes you’re extrapolating. And in the many years since the place was built, with the many subsequent inhabitants that you’ve decided...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..That’s all fine. My point is not that anyone has to like this approach… it was that your characterization of it was inaccurate. There’s...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Sure… but then that’s not because of the single point of failure issue we’re talking about. Yes, that’s one way to handle it. As I...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I think, in the sandboxes I’ve seen, there is clearly consideration for things like level and danger. I don’t think that means that...
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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.
Oh, stop it! There's huge concessions to playability in all these setups! Of course there are always clear signposts telling the players...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Is a character who is being seriously injured by a monster in combat having fun? Some might be, but I'd bet a lot would realistically be...
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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.
It's not about getting the terms correct. It's about accurately representing how we do the damn thing. You not liking the way a...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That's a huge assumption. It's incredibly easy to come up with something interesting that is 100% in the fiction. Example: they're in an...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I had it happen to me, too… plenty of times. Mostly years ago when all the play I was taking part in would be called “trad”. I think...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I don’t know if that’s accurate. What if the low climb roll indicated that it took you a really ling time to climb the cliff… and...