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I'm going to ignore everything related to preferences, aesthetic, nostalgia, hero worship, etc, and look at the simple issue of defining... -
Hmm... Pure 1e (without Unearthed Arcana or later books) is still a petty tight system for short adventures and long-term campaigns...
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Lanefan reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread AD&D 1E Favorite Obscure Rules from TSR-era D&D with
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Resurrecting this thread with a notation that ultravision did, contrary to popular belief, make it into AD&D 2E (sort of): see the ring... -
Lanefan replied to the thread AD&D 1E Favorite Obscure Rules from TSR-era D&D.I really like the idea of different creatures having different types of night sight, with each not always working in every situation...
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Lanefan reacted to BookTenTiger's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Do you allow flighted Player characters to carry other Player characters? with Like.
Yes, if it seems reasonable they could carry them. A goliath with flight cast on them is definitely carrying the whole group. An...
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Lanefan reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No. I'm assuming I call for a roll when I think it's necessary. I grew up on Rolemaster, and the nature of open ended rolls resulted in...
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Lanefan reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I have played in a fashion where rolls tend to be extremely rare since the 80s or 90s. If there is no combat, it would not be unusual...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Just because some RPGs do it that way doesn't make it any more sensible. Rolling the dice when one outcome is interesting while the...
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Lanefan reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
People (including me) have told you that they aren't interested in deeply analysing certain aspects of play, or semantics, or whatever...
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Lanefan reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You know very well that the context is implausible as far as realism goes. It's implausible that you really didn't understand that...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Things like that happen; but also sometimes people do legitimately forget things. To reflect that, in relatively trivial cases like...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Most of the time I prefer they declare they'll be herb-hunting before they start the trip; if nothing else, herb-hunting slows travel...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..And oftentimes the players' default is to say not to. The option to say yes, however, is always open to them; I-as-DM won't shut it...
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Lanefan reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That doesn't at all mean haggling happens unless the players say otherwise. In fact, it means the exact opposite of that. The merchant...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Except there's three versions of "something interesting happens": 1. Something interesting happens on failure but not on success (i.e...