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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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Here you go. One thing I think is helpful is to just treat the heading like the name of the thing. What it says underneath each heading... -
hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Read the book for yourself and then at least your opinion will have weight. I don’t think anyone has said that. I know what I’ve...
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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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Yes. Standards for players have always been front and center for Narrativist play. Stylistically it only works with players and GMs are... -
hawkeyefan reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This is one of those areas where we need to be mindful of the not pulling isolated text out of the context of the game. Apocalypse World...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..That's what you think, huh? That when Vince and Meg Baker wrote Apocalypse World, that they said "we need some marketing phrases that...
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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.
Other than gaining some biographical information that you’re willing to cut away a broad swathe of games and play techniques to fulfill...
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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.
If it’s something that the PC would “never do”, then obviously it can’t be the result of a successful resolution roll in the game. If...
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hawkeyefan reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
A PC was negotiating with NPCs in Sigil. One of the NPCs used Detect Thoughts which allows one to pick up surface thoughts for free...
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hawkeyefan reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Would this change for you were the consequence or knowledge concerning it diegetic... something the characters can know? "Sure, you're...
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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 Like.
From my personal point of view, the reason for this is pacing. I want my games to have a MUCH higher pace than you do. We've had...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..In the game in question, there wasn’t really any option to negotiate their action declarations. The issue was a cliff that they needed...
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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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But . . . but . . . my results table goes to 11! -
hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Why can't the GM say: "If you fail, then <whatever> will happen"? @hawkeyefan gave an example upthread, along the lines of "Sure, you're...
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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.
But that’s just terminology. It doesn’t matter. 10 is the “success with complications” target, 15 is the “success free and clear”...
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hawkeyefan reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Game trains you so badly that interesting things happen when you're bored. As opposed to Level Drain, Sex Change and Alignment Change...