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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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Speaking for myself, I find the label "narrative games" extremely unhelpful as a tool for trying to understand how any sort of RPGing... -
hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But there's always background noise - dripping water, the breathing of the hirelings, the clank of the paladin's armour, whatever it is...
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hawkeyefan reacted to gban007's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Power is in your hands too though, if you stop responding to them, then conversation will also stop. To @hawkeyefan point though it...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Incorrect. It will also stop if/when people choose to stop.
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Well, I recall earlier in the thread where I described sandbox play as being GM focused. And that opinion was met with resistance. Not...
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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.
From my perspective, it's not about what you care for or not (I do not care what you or anyone cares for or not). I am quite confident...
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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.
Sure, and the way we establish that disposition in scene framed play is the GM decides because they believe that makes for compelling...
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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 mean all the stuff in this quote.
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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.
The fiction always allows for several possible outcomes, as far as I can see. Eg the player has their PC sneak into a house via the...
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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.
This sort of example illustrates why I regard GM-prep-driven play, of this sort, as GM-driven. There are approaches to prep that differ...
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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.
But now you're agreeing with me - there is no in-fiction reason that has been established prior to the rolling of the dice.
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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.
But all those prior things were done the same way. It's not like these games are mysterious to me. I've played them. I know how they...
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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.
If the dispositions are identical than, by definition, they will. @hawkeyefan and I are not making any assertion about how common such...
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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.
Well, that's entirely the point of these games. From BitD's GM Prinicples: Let everything flow from the fiction. The game’s starting...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..The “we” thing is causing confusion again. @AlViking repeatedly asked if the guard would have shown up in @pemerton ‘s game on a...