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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
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More than two things can going on simultaneously. If the clock is ticking down for the survival of the person inside the house the... -
Lanefan reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I must be under a rock then, or you might be wrong about how wide-spread a concept that conforms to your preferences actually is. Who...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..That's an in-fiction deadline, which makes lots of sense. Again, though, an in-fiction thing rather than a meta-counter. You've...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Part of the disconnect here is that you seem to be using "clock" to refer to some form of metagame countdown timer unrelated to...
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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.
That assumes that the players know things the characters do not. I assume you've been reading other people's posts so you should know by...
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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.
Hard to say. Do we know whether or not the people would be burned if I had gotten into the house sooner? In any case, I do believe that...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yes they are connected, potentially, in the downstream. No they are not connected in the immediate. It's a question of granularity...
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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.
This is my Platonic Ideal of play (by which I mean, what I strive for as a DM but will never truly reach).
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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.
I'm not denying any of that. I am talking about my preference for how all these things are represented. The act of opening the door is...
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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.
Like what? In the moment that they successfully pick the lock, what has changed other than the lock is now unlocked? Those things only...
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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.
As DM I view my job as creating the world, populating it, deciding on what is happening and why. While doing this I think about options...
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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 example is different in that the fire was happening and known before the attempt to pick the lock was even started, and will remain...
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Lanefan reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The idea seems to be that everyone at the table has signed up for this because what counts as enjoyable for them is adhering to what is...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I miss the phone call if I can't open my door. I also miss it if I get home five minutes later and can open my door (unless the caller...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..So far, I rather like the cut of this guy's jib. And the cut of his mainsail, too. He's bang-on right with this, and is saying the...