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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
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I don't see much of a particular difference between those use cases, no. My question is more of "Did you, as a DM, spend a lot of time... -
hawkeyefan reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
See, this is where you lose me. How can something be said to support something that doesn't actually do that thing? Not actively...
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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.
See, that's why I mentioned the alternative. Me? I'd play 6 months of something like Ironsworn (maybe modify it a bit to make it more...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Helena Real's post in the thread Dungeon World Gets New Owners, Second Edition Planned with Like.
Hi y'all! I just wanted to let you know that we've just released the Alpha Playtest for Dungeon World 2! If you're interested in giving...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..One other point regarding the recent discussion of settings. One of my pet peeves is "original settings" that are nothing more than a...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I'm talking about all of it. But even if we limit it to just play, I still have a hard time believing that players make more decisions...
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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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Heh. It's really funny. Wayyyyy back early in the thread, I commented that D&D was a poor system for sandboxing because of the amount... -
hawkeyefan reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In what way is "a simulationist system must provide any information about how the result was achieved" incoherent? In what way have I...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yeah, I won’t fully detail a setting without involving the players, and any game I GM will have group character creation. I want...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I would think it’s trivially obvious that the GM makes more decisions than the players. I mean… you’re running an entire world. Each...
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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’ve advocated players being flexible for a long time. I think a player being strongly tied to one character concept is equally...
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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.
That’s fine. I still prefer my take to “20 page character backstories and 300 page setting gazetteers make the game better.” Don’t...
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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 agree that overly detailed PC building and overly detailed setting building are two sides of the same coin. They demonstrate that the...
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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 can’t speak for @EzekielRaiden, although I think we share similar sentiments on this issue. My take is that generally a GM shouldn’t...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Which of the ways that you've designed and made decisions about. The den that you decided exists and will decide what it contains. The...