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Imaro reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
Haha.
But, deliberately designing a game to exclude people based on their vocabulary or math abilities is very much a value judgement. When... -
Imaro reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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it didn’t, 1e sold less than BX / BECMI -
Imaro reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
at a minimum they need to be able to read so yes, a certain level is required. If your game text requires a higher level of education...
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Imaro reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You're forgetting that not all internet rants are written in a "this is just MY personal opinion, man, live and let live". Some are...
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Imaro reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
no, Gygaxian was a convoluted mess, no one should aim for that. 2e over 1e any day
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Imaro reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
given that newspapers are written for 7th or 8th grade, 6th grade is perfectly ok. And that is the language part, the math is basically...
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Imaro reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But that is actually not relevant. If one system for some reason is more complicated and more difficult than another system and...
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Imaro reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This isn't a minimum education thing. It's an accessibility of writing thing. And, good writers can make things understood by anyone...
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Imaro reacted to FrozenNorth's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I agree with @Swarmkeeper. I don’t think you can divorce « arguments have been made » from the weight of those arguments. Elsewise...
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Imaro reacted to FrozenNorth's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The specific criticism that was made was that there is a history of people, including WotC, treating grognards poorly. When pressed for...
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Imaro reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No. This is flatly untrue. It's not even possible to argue. You're just asserting something that isn't true, but in a format that is...
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Imaro reacted to Oofta's post in the thread WotC Hasbro CEO Chris Cox, "I would say that the underlying thesis of our D&D business is all about digital,” with Like.
Obviously. It's something they're just slapping together with no consideration of what the people playing the game actually want. Sure...
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Imaro reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I always love the false-equivalency that gets brought into these discussions. A group of gamers feels put upon because of a single NPC...
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Imaro reacted to The Soloist's post in the thread WotC Chris Perkins announces Retirement from Dungeons and Dragons with Like.
Source? Because without a verifiable source this is just conspiracy theory.
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Imaro reacted to Azzy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I maintained a 4.0 in my college maths, and I still think that descending AC and Thac0 was dumb.