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Hussar 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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White Plume Mountain. Castle Amber. Against the Slave Lords. In all these modules, and as far as I know in the modules that WotC is... -
Hussar replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..The problem is, the only judge of the narrative is the players and the players are told never to contradict the DM because challenging...
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Hussar reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Then we're missing steps. Perhaps whatever the "simulation" (probably the wrong term, but we're stuck here) thing is we're taking about...
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Hussar replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..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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Hussar reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Well then, I consider that objection pretty seriously problematic, if retrocausality is totally unacceptable from one participant and...
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Hussar replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..The DM can put in whatever he wants so long as he doesn't disrupt the game. It's a subtle but very important distinction. So long as...
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Hussar replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..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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Hussar replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..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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Hussar replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..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...
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Hussar reacted to Gimby's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Right, which is why suggestions of "cheating" or "get-out-of-jail-free cards" is irrelevant to this discussion. Something done...
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Hussar replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..See, but here's the problem. What do you do when the player rejects the DM's narrative. When the player finds the DM's post hoc...
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Hussar reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
See, I generally prefer more simulation that D&D offers, which is one reason why I play and enjoy Burning Wheel and Torchbearer 2e...
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Hussar replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..IOW, you don't want simulationist mechanics. Why is that hard to admit? You want the simulation to come from the DM. Great. No...
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Hussar replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Why does everyone take what I'm saying to the most extreme level? ANY. Must provide ANY information. Doesn't matter how small...
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Hussar reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Because it still has the same essential nature? "Diegetic" in its usual usage refers, generally, to music or other features of...