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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 have never found this. And I play with players who are pretty experienced, and some of whom are pretty hardcore wargamers. The whole... -
hawkeyefan reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Wow. Can't say anyone I've known who leans into the sim end of games would probably be going for D&D as their game of choice...
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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 claim seems false to me. In a "trad" game in which it is known that something dramatic is happening right now at the top of a...
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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.
So you would never describe a failed climb check as being the result of a handhold crumbling? Because you would never narrate the...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Sick burn, Max. I’m not gonna lie… that stings. This is my point. @AlViking said that a Burglary skill wouldn’t work for him because...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Well, no. Players don’t have the ability to change the fiction beyond what their characters may be able to do to change things in their...
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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.
Although, as per my long post just upthread, this is still too simple. When the GM narrates firm holds, or crumbling holds, depending...
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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 is different, but when decided after the presence of the cook is up to the GM. The complication is up to the GM. It might take a lot...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I've never found this argument persuasive, and I don't like the camps it sets up. There's no need to cede the grounds of system to other...
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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 Like.
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...
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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.
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...