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hawkeyefan reacted to Gimby's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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The script used by the builders of Moria is explicitly called runic in the text. The Book of Marzabul is written in at least two... -
hawkeyefan reacted to Gimby's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
And we pretend these falsehoods are true, for the time we pretend to spend in that world. Otherwise there would be no reason to suspend...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Gimby's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Or the visitor was a long time ago and was writing in something readable for their time. Or the original builders put the map in place...
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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.
Suppose we take this approach. Then there is absolutely nothing "non-diegetic" about the runes case, or the startled cook, or anything...
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hawkeyefan reacted to chaochou's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Lots of players like railroads. Lots of Gms like running them. Lots of those same people pretend that's not what's happening, by calling...
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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.
All "not locked in" means here is not yet established as part of the shared fiction. It's obvious that there is something or other that...
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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 Cunning Expert conjecturing what the runes say is abstracted. It isn't disconnected from the in-universe fiction - namely, that this...
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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.
I'd point out that I'm not the only one in this conversation, so, it's obviously important to more than just me. But, for me, the point...
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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.
So, essentially, simulation is just an illusion? So long as the DM maintains the illusion of simulation, and the players don't question...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..But that wasn’t what was said. Location and the like. Not full context, but enough to make an educated guess. But either way… experts...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Sure… but this description is true of many, many games. I never said anything about their hopes. You said you don’t think an expert in...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..While I agree with you that most of the time, it’s very easy to determine if something is diegetic or not in an RPG, there are instances...
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hawkeyefan reacted to chaochou's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Simulation is simply fake cover for 'GM says' which facilitates railroady GMs to appeal to their own authority. It's a doublethink...
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hawkeyefan reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I guess I just feel like if something "is diegetic"--even "is diegetical"--then we should all agree it is so. It should not be, "Well...
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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.
Aren't they? Do you say this based on your own expert knowledge of runes in dungeons? Eg do you not think an archaeologist might be...