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Lanefan reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I'm not @Micah Sweet, but from previous conversations with them I am pretty sure that they don't want the game to tell a story at all... -
Lanefan reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Occasionally I'll do something like make an interesting shopkeeper that for some reason the players just love engaging with. For me...
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Lanefan reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In a recent session, the players just decided to have an in-character campfire chat about morality and when it's ok to utilize lethal...
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Lanefan reacted to DinoInDisguise's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
On the off chance of stepping on Micah's toes, I think I might have some insight. There seems to be a disconnect between thinking in...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Sometimes as DM, once you've got the ball rolling and the players have their PCs interacting with each other (sometimes over banalities...
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Lanefan reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Thanks for the clarification, but I think this cuts to the heart of the issue. You're saying that you're fine with players doing what...
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Lanefan reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
What I want is for the players to explore the world as they see fit through their PCs. That's all. I have said this many times. I...
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Lanefan reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
So when players are engaged in what they want to do, even if it's aimless wandering or just in-character fluff with no real stakes or...
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Lanefan reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Whereas I feel the GM should be allowing the players to make whatever decisions they want, interesting or otherwise, that are within the...
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Lanefan reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The difference to me is that in traditional games focusing on character motivations is a choice made during play. With Narrativist games...
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Lanefan reacted to DinoInDisguise's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think this provides some clarity to me. In an earlier post, I mentioned being perplexed by some of the pushback I received. I had...
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Lanefan reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You think wrong. Things going badly for the characters is what makes things interesting for the players. Winning all the time? That’s...
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Lanefan reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That's kind of what I meant in my post to Micah about what "failure" means. Sometimes it doesn't mean much; sometimes it eats some...
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Lanefan reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
None that I've ever played or run. I'm sure it is possible, but our 1e AD&D campaign degenerated into a mishmash of 1e, Boot Hill, Fight...
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Lanefan reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Exactly. I don't base any reaction, any result of character actions on narrative reasons for moving the story forward. I base them on...