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hawkeyefan reacted to Thomas Shey'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 really agree, because I'm not here to do freeform roleplaying; as such, a GM can "really know their stuff" and it doesn't help... -
hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's simply false to say that the runes are simultaneously good and bad. They may be good. They may be bad. They may be neither -...
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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.
No. My issue is that (i) it's utterly routine for the GM to make a decision to narrate/introduce some bit of fiction prompted by some...
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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.
You're simply out of your depth here I'm afraid. Yes, some sort of technique must exist which lets the table settle on a fictional...
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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.
Convince the GM X will make for a better story isn't how any of this works. In games that utilize intent like Daggerheart, Burning...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Sure, but there isn't even a Lock Picking skill... it's a subset of Tool Proficiency with Thieves Tools. Was he good at disarming...
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hawkeyefan reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's true, that game would not work for me. What I'd say is that trad gaming can work for me, under the condition that the GM is...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Interestingly, many of the skills in 5e do exactly what you're describing in regard to a "burglary skill". I mean, Move Silently and...
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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.
Ok, but let's be clear on where the objection flows from. This has nothing to do with the fiction as fiction. This is an aesthetic...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..A fool of myself? Okay, sparky. I don't think so. What's happening is that you are all criticizing the method by attacking the flawed...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..But the same can happen in trad games. Godzilla pops out of a closet! Therefore, trad gaming is not verisimilitudinous! Therefore, it...
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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.
This would seem to setup a conflict in the manifesto presented earlier. That is, that manifesto claimed that mechanics are never more...
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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.
In addition to what @EzekielRaiden posted, I didn't use the phrase "surprise roll" in relation to 5e D&D - I used the phrase "rules for...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General Best D&D product of any edition (non-core book).Uncaged: Faces of Sigil Just a great example of how to provide an entire campaign worth of material using nothing more than NPCs. This...
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