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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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In other words the player's hope changed the state of the fictional world before the meaning of the runes were revealed because the... -
Lanefan reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes, I know they didn't decide to win...I stated that several times. But you're not engaging with my core point. With your friends, you...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Maybe in those players' eyes bad gaming is still better than no gaming, and so they're kind of playing under protest.
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Lanefan reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Please stop with the absolutes. This is very much (one of) the sort of thing I enjoy doing in RPGs. Admittedly, I don't always get 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.
I don't understand why you just don't acknowledge the that player made a declaration that had the potential to change the fiction of 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.
Then why is it called, "fail-forward" if it sometimes doesn't mean failure?
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Lanefan reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Even then theres a clear undertone that this non-conservative way would be better. Else why even mention the non-conservative way in the...
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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.
Why is it a dead end? There are several different ways through a door other than picking the lock. And who said they need to get...
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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.
For the lock picking example, what I narrated upthread was Player "I attempt to pick the lock" [rolls and fails] GM "Nothing happens"...
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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.
It appear point (b) is the contested part. I am not sure if you accept the "no retry", but knowing that we cannot take that way in adds...
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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.
In @Lanefan 's example I am pretty sure that it is established that picking the lock is now established to not work; that is that...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Whaddya mean there's no alternative paths? Does this house not have any other doors besides the one to the kitchen? No windows? Did...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..They're only wasting their time if both of two conditions are true: 1. They cannot possibly succeed at the task they are trying, and 2...
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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.
No, not as an outcome of the move. But as a narration on what happens when the thief immediately (and possibly implicitly) opens the...
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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.
It depends on the mindset of the players. While walking trough a labyrinth you typically only have 2-3 options in each crossing. A...