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KYRON45 reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I don't have a big problem with the term as a generic descriptor with no more inherent meaning than DM or GM or whatever. I don't use it... -
KYRON45 reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I think it is fair to say that there is an element of storytelling that exists within the role of every GM, how much of that role is... -
KYRON45 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Niche set? Good grief, the basic definition of story is setting+plot+character. That's what a STORY is. This isn't niche. This is...
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KYRON45 reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Sad.
Some of us disagree that it's storytelling in any meaningful sense. We're not engaging in literary criticism here, so the fact that it...
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KYRON45 reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Sad.
Is this a serious question? I stated that emergent play is important to me. You have claimed that the style of play I prefer gives the...
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KYRON45 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
See, this is where everyone is getting it wrong. I'm NOT CRITICIZING. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the DM generating the...
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KYRON45 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
And, to be fair, if that's where it stopped, I'd have no problems. I totally agree that this is what a sandbox is. What I'm...
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KYRON45 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Good grief. Attacking? How am I attacking? In what way have I denigrated anyone or anything? The idea of "emergent play" is...
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KYRON45 reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Sad.
I'll have more in the morning, but I do not endorse the idea that lore/setting is story or that all GMs are storytellers.
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KYRON45 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Wait what? I was asked a question and I answered the question. Do I consider a timeline a story? Yup, I do. The troll(?) in the...
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KYRON45 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Of course the language is clear to you. You're the one getting to define all the terms and then shoot down any terminology that might...
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KYRON45 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Sorry, but that timeline is 100% a story. It's the barebones story of the history of the land. Referee=story teller. Again...
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KYRON45 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
None. A GM is always a story teller. I just don't understand the resistance to calling what we do as DM/GM's story telling. Well...
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KYRON45 reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford Join Darrington Press with Like.
Does much of the player base even know who Perkins and Crawford are?
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KYRON45 reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Jess Lanzillo Departs Wizards of the Coast with Like.
Not just "at WotC". This is how work and life goes. Folks, in the modern era, working in the same place for eight years is a good...