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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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I made this same point upthread, in relation to Perception checks and surprise mechanics. The reason it doesn't get commented on is the... -
hawkeyefan reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Just to clarify, I don't see my example as something to like or dislike. Rather it poses a question: what in the core D&D game text...
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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.
This is a point I've been making on these boards for years now.
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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.
There is no divergence. The character wants to read the runes, having conjectured that they may reveal a way out, and hoping that they...
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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.
And? An 8th level fighter is able to beat Orcs because they're a good fighter. And they're a good fighter because they're a good...
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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.
"Justified by the fiction" here just seems to mean "authored by the GM" or "following more-or-less directly from something authored by...
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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.
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...
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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.
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...