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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
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Saying I prefer a process because it feels more like real life (to me) and thus helps me suspend suspension of disbelief is fine. Using... -
hawkeyefan reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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@AlViking Not connected in the deterministic way some people might prefer and not connected in any way whatsoever are very different... -
hawkeyefan reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
@JConstantine In almost every game with a GM that I am aware of (Hillfolk being the notable exception) the GM retains backstory and...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Do you really need one? Okay. If you fail a test, is that all that happens? When I was 16, I asked a pretty girl to go out with me...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..No, this is you reading something into what I actually posted that’s not there. @Lanefan claimed that his preferred method works the...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..No, that is not the issue. That’s fine. No, it’s because the way you describe it… the reasons you provide for not liking it… are...
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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.
When Apocalypse World and Dungeon World say "prepare for the worst" they are indicating that the GM is given explicit permission to make...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Because one is a game. I’m not talking about having to use a different method. I’m talking about the only consequence being failure 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.
The rolls etc happen at the table. Not in the fiction. The rolls affect what we at the table agree to imagine together. They don't...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..In what context? Are you talking about how failure and consequences work in real life? Or are you describing how you prefer they work in...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..The problem isn’t that you have other preferences. That’s perfectly fine. The problem isn’t that you talk about your preferences...
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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.
What is being skirted around? I've been clear about resolution processes, about low- vs high-stakes stuff, etc, throughout this thread...
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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 take it that you mean by this I prefer not to play RPGs in which those sorts of connections affect the roll. Or are you stating a...
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hawkeyefan reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If you roll low, you fail to gain your objective/intent/etc. You lose. Your loss means something new needs to happen. To leave the...
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hawkeyefan reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
All these posts boil down to is restating "I don't like it because..." over and over with different contrived straw arguments, willfully...