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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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hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
What sort of simulation are you running with D&D that you can't run with (say) T&T? Or to put it even more bluntly, what sort of...
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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 only bad choices are the ones that create degenerate fiction. If you’re outside the classic/trad paradigm, then you’re not really...
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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 question is: is that diegetic? Do the fantasy heroes know that they cannot be killed by a single shot? I think that the answer is...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Oh, I didn’t take offense. I don’t get offended by what’s said on these boards. That doesn’t mean I don’t notice when someone posts...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Nope.
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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.
"You're welcome to run a ridiculous game where ridiculous things happen" is not "live and let live"
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..That’s some sweet passive aggression.
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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.
How would you know if the cook had been established? If you had managed to look inside the kitchen ahead of time and established it...
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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.
Fair enough. I disagree, but I see your point. I think focussing solely on bad DMs makes it too easy to conflate people who are...
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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.
Sure. I think we should all be able to understand which techniques work with which types of games (or player inclinations) after...
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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 in lots of games using fail-forward, generating consequences (problems) is the point of play.
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hawkeyefan reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
People understand a lot of hyperbole. Doesn't make it a bit less ridiculous. Especially from someone who's complained about other...
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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.
Yes, I often play football without a referee and it goes perfectly well. They are called pickup games, and the experience more closely...
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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.
Ah, I didn't go back far enough! I did indeed find it strange that I would supposedly be the first to make that association.