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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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I wasn’t there, but if the account is accurate, I would have to conclude that the DM was wrong. The player controls the actions of their...
Jul 24, 2025
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While I'd dearly like to think that's the case, that the characters in the fiction think a single shot can still kill them, most players...
Jul 23, 2025
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The question is: is that diegetic? Do the fantasy heroes know that they cannot be killed by a single shot? I think that the answer is...
Jul 23, 2025
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So I might have skipped a few hundred pages somewhere in the middle, but believe or not, I've actually read most of this ludicrous...
Jul 22, 2025
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Seems to me that people are looking for excuses to take offense.
Jul 22, 2025
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There was a miniature. It ended up spawning a whole racial group.
Jul 22, 2025
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Answer: "Because had you rolled a 2 you'd have failed without realizing what you were attempting was beyond your skill".
Jul 22, 2025
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If a player wants their PC to try something with no chance of success, honestly I say let them. Clearly the attempt is important to...
Jul 22, 2025
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and some of us believe that those implied servants ought to exist in a more defined state than just being an in-potentia obstacle to be...
Jul 22, 2025
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Which some people like and some people don't.
Jul 22, 2025
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As such, this boils down to the ages old words of wisdom: Never give the GM a good idea?
Jul 22, 2025
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IMO, never. No matter how hopeless an action is, you can always go through the motions of trying it anyway.
Jul 22, 2025
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Fail forward - the player will be told what the runes say anyway and then some complication will happen...
Jul 22, 2025
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The first is an action declaration. The second is two action declarations - "pick the lock" and "enter the kitchen unnoticed" - mushed...
Jul 22, 2025
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I disagree. There are several embarrassing events of my youngers years that never happened. :P
Jul 22, 2025
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