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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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The poster to whom I replied said that there is no in-world cause and effect between failing an attempt at picking a lock, and startling... -
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I think this is an over-generalisation. Romeo and Juliet. Les Miserables. The Great Gatsby. Howard's End. Just to name a few works that...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Are all your characters like this? Are none of them ruled by their passions? Are none of them addicted to danger? Are none of them...
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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.
"Fail forward" is a fairly well-known technique. It is part of an approach to play that emphasises (to use a metaphor) the "momentum" of...
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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.
Have you read the Apoclaypse World rulebook? Do you know how that game handles PC build, setting creation, GM prep (notice how I've...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..We’ve been talking about a cook hearing someone picking a lock. There are no interim steps between the lock picker acting and the cook...
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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.
Why is it a bad term? Has anyone who sat down to GM Apocalypse World ever been confused or led astray by it? Here is the parallel...
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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.
When doors are unexpectedly opened by burglars, the people behind them may get startled. Good burglars are good at avoiding this (by...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Hussar'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 zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It’s so interesting to me to see this continued emphasis on “it’s more immersive to look to the authority (GM) for all details not from...
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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.
If you succeed at picking a lock, your pick grabs the pins or whatever and moves them correctly. If you fail, its because your pick...
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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.
Doing things that make sense isn't the goal. The goal is to craft an interesting story. It's hard to create an interesting story...
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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 I disagree with this. To me, this seems like a pretty obvious poor use of the word. If you create a definable metric of behavior...
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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.
Just calling them the same thing does not make them the same thing. The actual impact of the agenda and principle outlined is night and...