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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
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You can put the cook there on a success as well. Remember, the cook is one example of what can be done with a failed lockpicking... -
hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If you don't like the fiction, don't narrate it. I mean, you're coming up with fiction that you think is silly, then presenting it as...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..All the comments I keep seeing are about the cook’s presence in the kitchen. That she’s “be there either way” and the like. Her...
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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.
Being able to move quietly or hide in shadows doesn't realistically make your attempt at picking locks quieter, though. It's still...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Bad things happening more often to the unskilled?!?! What kind of insanity is that?!?! Sure… because attracting attention is a risk of...
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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.
What I'm speaking to is what sort of fiction different approaches are most well suited to. Task resolution is much more well suited 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.
What I was trying to say is that the play techniques and play loops we commonly associate with D&D and similar games do an excellent job...
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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.
I feel like this has the goalpost sliding a little bit. For some of the people here, especially in this discussion, the style of...
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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.
And thus the exhausting, essential conservatism. There's no looking for a path towards realizing any sort of play goal, there's just...
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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.
By "we" you might mean "you". There is no such thing as "differently quantum". That just means "quantum that I don't like" as opposed to...
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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 this just brings us back to the commonplace observation that getting sprung and/or startling someone is not completely independent...
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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 is not correct. I mean, I learned to play BW from Revised. I only quote Gold because the text is available as a free download from...
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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.
Yes. The fact that D&D is so commonly used for a simulationist agenda (or play with no particular CA agenda that has simulationist...
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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 understand "independent of the player". That's why I call the RPGing "GM-driven" or "GM-centred". I assert that, if the trigger for...
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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 Like.
The thread up to this point has made it pretty clear that "quantum" is the enemy, whatever form it might take. But even if we grant...