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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
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Thanks for your detailed response. I guess my main response to it is that it's very much a narrative approach. There's a set conflict... -
mamba reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
For me it would have gone something like.... Joe: Hey DM, why was there a dragon in that meadow. DM: That's an interesting question...
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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.
I will answer your other points later. This post focuses on your questions. Whatever they find adventurous in the setting. This is not...
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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.
Sure, but just about every game has such outlines. It's more a question of how and when are they determined. For me... even when I play...
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mamba reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Do you think that's the primary purpose of guardrails on a road? If so, you're mistaken; the primary purpose is to reduce damage when...
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mamba reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread D&D 5E I feel like the surveys gaslit WotC about """"Backwards Compatibility"""" with Like.
I agree - the 2E edition itself wasn't the problem, it was all the things going on behind the scenes (and unrelated to the published...
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mamba reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread WotC Ruins of Symbaroum: Setting Handbook is Now Available on D&D Beyond with Like.
If the D&D Beyond team can't support the mechanics of Symbaroum 5E . . . why bother at all? Free League and DDB have already...
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mamba reacted to Nikosandros's post in the thread WotC Ruins of Symbaroum: Setting Handbook is Now Available on D&D Beyond with Like.
Yes, I've read that it is just setting information. On the plus side, it might be attractive because it is a cheap way to get into the...
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mamba replied to the thread WotC Ruins of Symbaroum: Setting Handbook is Now Available on D&D Beyond.yes, setting information without crunch does not really benefit from DDB. Is this a rehash of information found in the other books or...
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mamba reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D 5E I feel like the surveys gaslit WotC about """"Backwards Compatibility"""" with Like.
2E wasn't as much of a mistake, so much as 1E was: AD&D was all a mistake. Moldvay/Holmes should have been the only D&D product...
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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.
Then, as a general reply to what you just stated, I recommend to the OP the below. It’s written in a prescriptive style, and in many...
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mamba reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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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.
Why would I continually try new things if I've sampled enough games to look at a description of a game to know I wouldn't like it? I...
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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.
The problem is a social one and is dealt with on that level. This is what I do: Me at Wizard Con 2025 in Kalamazoo, MI, Friday, April...
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mamba replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I agree with this, but the OP wanted to use rules to deal with it, that is why I was asking them how their rules establish them trusting...