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Maggan reacted to Staffan's post in the thread Green Ronin Crowdfunding Legal Defense Fund In Fight Against Diamond Distrubutors with
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My impression is that Morrus learned a lot from that. Back in the day, as you note, ENWorld had a lot of custom code, much of which had... -
Maggan reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I have to point out he could have heard correctly about how those particular players treated it. That just means they were poorly...
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Maggan reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed with Like.
I just double-checked the contents of the box. This thing is STACKED. It's definitely still a "loss leader" (in that WotC did NOT put a...
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Maggan reacted to Emerikol's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But what is the point? The DM is still going to rule. Even if a snake specialist says such and such snake can't climb down a rope, I'm...
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Maggan reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
"Can do" and "do" are two very different things. The power and authority of the DM can be abused, which is what you keep describing...
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Maggan reacted to Emerikol's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It kind of goes along with the idea, "What the DM says goes, and if the DM says enough stupid stuff, the players go"
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Maggan reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I've never witnessed a "completely, totally, absolutely arbitrary" GM and I really wonder if you have? Player "I attempt to pick the...
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Maggan reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Wrong. The thing about failed skill checks is that if the character had been more proficent, they would have succeeded. Ergo, any failed...
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Maggan reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
"The speckled band..."
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Maggan reacted to payn's post in the thread Heroes of the Borderlands Starter Set Price Point Revealed with
Wow.
Just looked up Superman tickets for tonight...23 bucks. -
Maggan reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Depends on the rule. As I said above, fall past a certain amount and you die. The point is that DW explicitly tells the GM to follow...
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Maggan reacted to Don Durito's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Is there any reason someone couldn't just say "I prefer to resolve skills checks in a simulationist matter" regardless of what they...
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Maggan reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Because it makes it seem like a creative agenda is something a player is, rather than something they pursue. When I play Daggerheart...
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Maggan reacted to Don Durito's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't really want to get involved in this discussion but I do find the concept of simulationism used here somewhat odd. Ron Edwards...
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Maggan reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You're not wrong, but it works both ways. Most players would I think be equally baffled by the principles inherent in many narrative...