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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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Hey, I'm not the one claiming it. You don't need to convince me. But, apparently, adjusting encounters on the fly is perfectly in...
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This to me is a really weird take. I see the rules as a framework to make it a game.
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Some of us don't want our imagination limited. I thought that was obvious. Maybe you're fine with it (clearly many are) but we were...
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I think one important difference is that a species can be portrayed however you like in your own game, but insisting that your preferred...
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I'm sorry but I still don't think you are getting it. Yes, it is descriptive, not prescriptive. There's nothing preventing a DM from...
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Oh, GREAT example, and I hope some other people in this thread are still reading. The reason that works is that they are 'encoded', as...
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...or could it be because when you grow up in tree-houses with parents who follow a pastoral religion are more concerned with poetry...
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I was really thinking of Bilbo. If he hadn't gone on his adventure then Frodo's role would be irrelevant. But the point also holds for...
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I'm really sick of this argument because it misses the point by trying to redefine the point. The problem is NOT (for example) that...
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Re Complainer Y always revealing stuff about their own world-view rather than your design/writing, I'm afraid saying that's always the...
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But unless the book conforms to my preferences how can I tell other gamers they're wrong when they house rule that away? /s
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I figure that can be true of the average of a species, but it shouldn't be biologically essential that you, specifically (or your...
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The goal I was describing wasn't to get people to try something different from their own, but simply to feel like they can try...
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I'll add that in a hobby that prides itself on modifying rules to suit particular tables, complaints about things like orcs not being...
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Yeah there won't be any red text anytime soon in this thread....
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