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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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Odds don't measure causality. They measure likelihoods, correlations etc. I already posted an example upthread: Einstein doesn't cause... -
hawkeyefan reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Its always going to be a hard sell to make people think that's a useful spend of time.
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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.
In MHRP, Trapdoor to Sigil would be an asset, with a die rating. It is no more or less powerful, mechanically, than any other asset. I...
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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.
Says who? The GM does not have unilateral authority over the shared fiction.
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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.
This, to me, is a MUCH more interesting conversation and gets to the heart of things. Because, from where I'm standing, it almost looks...
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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 hugely controversial. I wouldn't play at a table where a GM asserts this sort of power. I mean, even as...
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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.
It's not an obvious solve-this-puzzle situation. There's no puzzle. There's five of us sitting around a table (if I'm remembering...
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hawkeyefan reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In my example players took parallel actions, required parallel abilities and skills, and had identical chances of success. Can you help...
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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.
From the perspective of an external observer, there is no "most likely" meaning of the runes. That's like asking a reader of LotR, who...
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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.
Did you not read any of my posts in which I said that this is not a game about solving puzzles or overcoming GM-authored challenges so...
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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.
I have dug down, and have offered a diagnosis. You apparently reject it because it's "sanctimonious". But anyway, here are two...
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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.
Yes, but this only works if you interpret the d20 roll to only mean skill. We are not going to agree on that. That's just not going to...
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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.
But you can see why I have a problem calling that simulationist right? How is your example any different than magic pixies? That's the...
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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.
We learn that the character did not observe the thing... And then, only AFTER knowing that the character did not observe the thing, we...
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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.
Whereas to me, the skill mechanics don't tell you anything. We have no idea why you succeeded or failed. And the fact that you can...