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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It was actually a part of my thesis… we were simulating falling in RPGs! -
hawkeyefan reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Anyone living after being struck by a boulder hurled by a giant!
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hawkeyefan reacted to FrozenNorth's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Here’s a classic - a two-foot short sword injuring an 80-foot red dragon. -
hawkeyefan reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
100%. I do run some games with a more sim agenda, and they have strict diegetic class identities. But even in those games, I have...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I can confirm this is accurate. My buddy and I both jumped from the roof of a 5 story building. I landed and shrugged, thanks to my...
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hawkeyefan reacted to FrozenNorth's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Levelling, and specifically how high level characters can take on multiple low level characters at no risk. Levelling, and...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Eric V's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If it's an abstraction, it's not a simulation. And hey, I never said I didn't like it, so you can turn that particular faucet right...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Don Durito's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
All I can think about this is, in a game in which a risk of death is a real and possible outcome, shouldn't this be such a situation in...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Don Durito's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Well I was playing around with 3.5 the other day and I realised that if I gave a Mature Dragon one level of Abjurant Champion they would...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Don Durito's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The difference is important. Hit points are just abstraction. Falling a 100ft and being able to stand up and dance a jig is a...
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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.
I think we may differ here because I think "exercising creativity" and "having a creative agenda" are two different things. Simply...
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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.
The class system.
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hawkeyefan reacted to Eric V's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Wearing heavy armor makes you dodge better?
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hawkeyefan reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Well first of all I play Level Up, which has more sim-focused rules added to play, like the journey system. I add stuff from other games...