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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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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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Well of course if you assume that the check is to be framed in terms that don't suit "fail forward" resolution, then "fail forward"... -
hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
My understanding of the situation, as described, was that the check was to pick the lock so as to successfully gain ingress. If you want...
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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.
@thefutilist and I and @hawkeyefan all discussed this upthread. A cook is implicit in a kitchen, in the same way that soldiers are...
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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.
So what? It's an example. Not the only possibility. Ignore it and move on.
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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.
Quantum ridge! Quantum wind! (On top of the regularly-scheduled quantum wolf.) @Maxperson, @AlViking: notice how the ridge is...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I have no idea what this has to do with anything. The original example was… as has been pointed out many times… flawed. 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.
Your last sentence contains an ambiguity: you use "causes the cook to be there" without clarifying whether you mean causes, in 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
Haha.
In the same way that critical discussion of Hamlet often begins with a consideration of Shakespeare's text, so my critical discussion of... -
hawkeyefan reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
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...
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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 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...