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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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It's generally X number of times per day, varying based on terrain or location(dungeon, temple, etc.). If they linger, there will be...
Jun 23, 2025
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It isn't even an appeal to real authority. Gygax didn't play like the book rules said to, either. He played the game very differently.
Jun 23, 2025
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Yes. Do you have a point or are you just going to tell me that I don't know how to play the game?
Jun 23, 2025
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But it is based on PC skill. The more skilled the PC in the fiction, the less likely to encounter the cook behind that door. To the...
Jun 23, 2025
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It's quite common. Rather than, Player: "Can I roll to make a raft?" It's goal and approach, "I'm going to try and make a raft to...
Jun 23, 2025
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Yes, but not as anything that has to do with what happens after a failure. Goal and approach are just to inform the DM of what you are...
Jun 23, 2025
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There could be times when the cook (or other adversary) is not random, the GM has already made that decision. I would also put things...
Jun 23, 2025
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Yes. How people(including Gygax and the other D&D designers) ran the game back then was typically different than how he wrote it.
Jun 23, 2025
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The PCs' location is set by the players. The NPCs' location is set by the GM's notes. If they happen to intersect somewhere then...
Jun 22, 2025
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And this is perfectly fine. We are all entitled to our preferences for what we like when we play RPGs.
Jun 22, 2025
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Yes, I am pretty sure that is the case. The independence of the world is in conflict with the wish to have a good story strongly focused...
Jun 22, 2025
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Did you see this? This go into the core why this particular technique stabs into the heart of the notion of independence i a very real...
Jun 22, 2025
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It's not to simply disagree with a narrative approach, it's a stance that I've had for a long time. I run games with a simulation...
Jun 22, 2025
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Yes, in 5ed a GM can introduce a flying tarasque throwing icream around while singing born to be wild. That doesn't mean that it is good...
Jun 22, 2025
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Yay! We are getting somewhere! You see the distinction. And of course it is pointless to make for you as you are not interested in...
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