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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Unless they're risky? But people do that in real life all the time. People make decisions that are not in their own interests. Very... -
hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yes, it is. Let's say that this is my game and I'm running it and that's what I decide is the result of the failed roll. You can...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..The sensible thing for Luke to do would not have been to listen to the old wizard and go off to try and save the princess. Instead, he...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Max… if someone makes a noise and another person hears it, that’s a direct result. Adding in a bunch of game steps doesn’t change that...
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I think we should be careful to avoid confusing playing game as game with playing game as game in the way we are used to. Scene framing... -
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I do not think that games like Monsterhearts or Apocalypse World expect you to play irrational characters. I think they expect you to...
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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.
Even more specifically: it's not left there dangling as a sentence and a "ok cool, figure out how to do this." It's defined 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 Like.
I can name you multiple RPGs that don't have PCs who adventure. Apocalypse World. Wuthering Heights. I believe Monsterhearts. I can...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..How is it false? It’s literally the advice. Oh my god would you guys stop being so paranoid about people saying D&D is boring?
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That’s a feature not a bug. Congrats! You’ve just been introduced to a whole bunch of awesome award-nominated RPG products you didn’t...
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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 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...