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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..But you don't care that there are people who happily play and run railroad type games and you're classifying their fun as offensive... -
hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Well, I'm kind of looking at what the word alter means. As I explained, and which you seem to agree with per the below, it means...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yes, absolutely. They are interchangeable to me. I am not describing anyone's games other than ones I've been in. If I'm playing an...
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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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I get that. I have players like this as well. I actually put it to the players fairly recently, asking how much freedom they wanted... -
hawkeyefan reacted to Mort's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Not even remotely the same! The DM here is merely describing that the door is locked and if the character wishes to open it, there are...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I suppose that’s what makes it linear? But again, a linear game that a player cooperates with and plays along will essentially have the...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Warpiglet-7's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I remember playing as a teen and telling the DM my dwarf undid enough gear to urinate on the dais of the big bad. I have just never...
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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.
The point, that seems to be continually ignored, is that the player is repeatedly presented as having this enormous degree of freedom...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..While I don't think it's rare... I mean, Paizo has built their entire business around it... there are plenty of times where it may make...
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hawkeyefan reacted to gban007's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Well yeah, ultimately the type of fiction being authored is quite different. I was pushing back on the idea that the process is so...
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hawkeyefan reacted to gban007's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Outside of Ezekiels response showing how in 5e there can be a lot of things decided after the attack roll is made, such as his examples...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Agreed, it's not degenerate. Constraining, yes, even boring if the specific rails you're on at the moment aren't to one's taste, but...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Mort's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
How is expressly blocking a players declared, and presumably 100% legal, action, just because the DM doesn't like it, not railroading...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Well, if the GM alters reality, I may be annoyed by that. The setting and world should be reasonably consistent. This is why I think it...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Which was also the case with the runes. Again, I'm not talking about someone who controls every decision. I don't care about the...