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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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No. The roll was for the monster to wander into the group in that specific forest at a very specific time on the day I know that they...
Jun 12, 2025
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Or style. It would be pretty easy to apply fail forward to D&D, even though the game system isn't that way by default.
Jun 12, 2025
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That's a pretty meaningless distinction, though. It's like arguing that you aren't losing your hair, you are just follicly challeged...
Jun 12, 2025
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In 5e, true. But not in every edition.
Jun 12, 2025
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I'm not sure that's intentionally poor instead of just the facts of life when presenting a scenario online. Even @pemerton who posts...
Jun 11, 2025
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https://www.enworld.org/threads/rant-the-conservatism-of-d-d-fans-is-exhausting.712674/post-9681106
Jun 11, 2025
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Of course they do. It's impossible for a DM to detail out even 5% of a world, so there are going to be gaps and things the DM forgot or...
Jun 11, 2025
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Yes, we all understand that. The double duty is the part we dislike.
Jun 11, 2025
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Who was trying to sell someone? Not me. Not @Umbran that I could tell. A discussion was happening about the differences between fail...
Jun 11, 2025
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Seriously? You cut out the part about players rolling for stats and then ask that question?!
Jun 11, 2025
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In what way? I've tried very hard to present it the proper light. Even to the point of disagreeing with others on my side of this with...
Jun 11, 2025
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You are arguing against something people here aren't saying. Nobody is saying that it's an invalid technique for those who want to use...
Jun 11, 2025
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Daggerheart defines it like this FAILING FORWARD In Daggerheart, every time you roll the dice, the scene changes in some way. There is...
Jun 11, 2025
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"Make it some other complication" ignores the point of contention about the cook scenario. Namely that many, if not most traditional...
Jun 11, 2025
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It computes for us, because we don't control much of the real world, very often including who might be behind a door we are going to...
Jun 11, 2025
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