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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..“Mini-game”? RPGs may function without one, but it’s kind of hard to picture what D&D would be without one. The only issue that I can... -
hawkeyefan reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I'm surprised to hear you'd rule out the possibility of a cleric in say Tilverton (while it was extant), if one were not expressly... -
hawkeyefan reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Playing in Faerun it could be as limited as conjecturing there is a cleric in this settlement that can cast it and be influenced to do...
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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.
As I have posted, I understand your assertion. I disagree with it. The fact that the player's action establishes backstory elements 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 player authors a fiction. The character discovers a reality. How is that hard?
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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.
Yet you have managed to say some sensible things about how it plays!
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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 agree.
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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.
No. That's just wrong. There is no "reversal of causality". There is the use of dice to track other correlations. Eg the...
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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.
Personally I think it's the opposite. If climbs were rated like spell levels, such that a PC with a given STR (Athletics) bonus or...
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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.
Quite a way upthread, I asked you why you seem unable or unwilling to talk about RPGing done in accordance with different principles to...
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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, by default the Doom Pool is simply an opposition dice pool. So the most immediate consequence of failing an action is wasting...
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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.
No. No more than you, as a GM writing up a dungeon description, are "changing the reality" of the imaginary world you are writing about...
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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.
By telling all the other participants that I (as my PC) am picking my nose, and getting them to agree. If all the players agree that my...
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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.
I did not know - I have no experience with the game. Is that really a theme in a superhero roleplaying game? "Lost in the dungeon" Like...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..No, but @pemerton was playing a fantasy hack of MHRP. In a more standard game., the condition or situation would be more genre...