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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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And I expect my players to have fewer issues about "power" than that. When I am running a game, I have power. But I am not using it... -
mamba replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..if the rules say that it is the DM, then it still is the DM who has to decide the ‘details’ of the outcome, even if it is within the...
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mamba reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'm not saying everything needs to go the players' way. Nor am I saying that ambitions can't be thwarted. I'm saying that using hidden...
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mamba replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I think it has a lot more to do with marketing and a game being ‘good enough’ than with skepticism
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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.
One of the things I try to do in a sandbox, and occasionally have to remind myself of, is that I'm not making decisions based on helping...
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mamba replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I get the notion, but there is more to DMing than following the rules. No set of rules will prescribe every outcome to every action...
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mamba reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If anything, the rules may help the GM realize what they can do. First time running PbtA, I was like "Wait, I can just inflict harm as...
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mamba reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It sounds like more than that to me--like you should be shaping the world in response to what the PCs desire. I.e., if the PCs want to...
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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.
I still question under what circumstances the characters would so strongly want an NPC to drink that they would threaten death to the...
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mamba reacted to Guest 85555's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But if he narrows it down to two realistic options and thinks the one that denies the players information is more plausible, he is still...
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mamba replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I am not seeing any game rules referenced here, so the same way you would do it if there were no rule, by questioning the decision? So...
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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.
I get that for you a hyperbolic response to hyperbolic situation is apparently the equivalent of winning the lottery. I made up...
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mamba reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
GM owns the decisions they make and their consequences, including what factors they used in that decision. But player dissatisfaction...
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mamba reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Basically, when a GM sits down and engages in world design and/or scenario design then they are doing the same thing a video game level...
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mamba reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes, I understand that. My point is that though realism is a goal, it's still up to the GM. It's the GM's choice, not realism's choice...