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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
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No. After the lock opens, a simple, "I open the door and look inside" is fine. No need to make it separate declarations if you include... -
Lanefan reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
So the game is supposed to give descriptions of everything that happens? Everything tree, leaf, bug? Do they need to be able 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.
Edit - ninja'd by @clearstream who said it better but a short version ... Have you never had someone touch your shoulder and jumped a...
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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.
So no I'm responsible for every single death that I could have possibly prevented? I must be a mass murderer a million times over...
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Lanefan reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
How does the first quote compare to the second quote. Who decide that the first represent an acceptable attempt while the second does...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..If the only info we-as-players have to go on* is that the ruby is in the house somewhere, and the GM hasn't determined its location...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..And all of this makes sense. However..... ....when I made this exact point (in different terms) in a long-ago thread I got shot down...
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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.
Because you don't have access to it until you open the safe door. Until then unless you can phase your hand through steel, it's not...
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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.
Those are really bad examples. Poison killing someone is a DIRECT effect. Clicking the mouse and the post being posted is a DIRECT...
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Lanefan reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The scenario of the later reply thread is that it is known that the Ruby is in the house. It is known that the house contains a safe...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..If they would have died anyway had I done nothing, my failing to get into the building didn't change anything.
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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've never been in a situation where I actively wanted the truth of the fiction to be less true, in the sense that I didn't find it fun.
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I'm having a hard time imagining how this situation could ever arise. The GM is responsible for the truth and veracity of the setting...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I'm happy to begin and end with the fiction, but if as a player the game lets me try to establish some of that fiction (that's not yet...
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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.
If I lock someone in a room when the building is on fire, then yes my action of locking the door leads to their death. There is likely...