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mamba reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Maybe. But it is the classic sandbox, regardless. The GM provides the sand in the box. The agency is in what to do with the sand. -
mamba reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It is not that randomness is constraining - making the choice anything but the player's own is constraining. It follows that having one...
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mamba reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General What races/species populate your DnD world? with Like.
No game I run will eschew lizardfolk.
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mamba reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread D&D General What races/species populate your DnD world? with Like.
Does this by chance mean no lizardfolk? <Edit> Also curious what a "gimmick" humanoid would entail.
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Sadly, this seems a sane response to the current tariff situation. (Queue up the Bugs Bunny skit with Elmer in hunting outfit and Bugs...
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mamba reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General Race Has No Mechanics. What do you play? with Like.
Not necessarily. It really depends on how free-form the DM (and the players) are willing to play without requiring dice rolls to do...
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mamba reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General Sandbox and/or/vs Linear campaigns with Like.
No. All the rides were made by someone else. "Making rides" is not the only creativity to be had. Not everyone on the planet is a...
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mamba reacted to Guest 85555's post in the thread D&D General Sandbox and/or/vs Linear campaigns with
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Not my fault you are a terrible GM :) -
mamba reacted to Laurefindel's post in the thread D&D General Sandbox and/or/vs Linear campaigns with Like.
I tend to see linear vs sandbox as a scale rather than a binary question. Railroad is the end of the linear scale, but you can have a...
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mamba reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yeah. This often gets lost in agency discussions. Agency that the players don't want or won't use isn't really agency that a GM...
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mamba reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If there is a structure then there are constraints of some kind. I can't just say "My character pulls out an 'I win' button and we save...
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mamba reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's not about "permission", it's about who establishes the fiction outside of what the characters can do and influence. In basically...
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mamba reacted to nyvinter's post in the thread WotC Would you buy WotC products produced or enhanced with AI? with Like.
...it's a learned craft. You do know that, right? Anyone can learn to make a table, but we pay for the work and expertise. Especially...
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mamba reacted to nyvinter's post in the thread WotC Would you buy WotC products produced or enhanced with AI? with Like.
"Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you're willing to practice, you can do." — Bob Ross Natural affinity gives you a push at...
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mamba replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..no, that is where you are wrong, the sage was not the only possible first stop, they were a possible first stop. The sage might even...