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Maxperson reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Not our fault the designers got it wrong. IMO Luck - as in the Halfling trait - is a hideous mechanic. -
Maxperson replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Not without looking at them and being able to read them. What they hope those pictographs say won't have any influence whatsoever.
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Maxperson reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
As far as I can tell the only reason we "need" to do it is because people feel compelled to tell others that they're wrong. No game can...
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Maxperson reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Particularly if we're supposed to suppose it is down to only those things explicitly listed in text... every... single... time. But if...
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Maxperson replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I've seen games that tell you what results do and after the 12th time you trip on a stink bug it starts getting old. Games should...
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Maxperson reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This is how you get Rolemaster. You don't want that. You need the Misstepmaster supplement, then you can roll on the Manoeuvre on...
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Maxperson reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Mod Note: I get what you’re saying, but that’s a very confrontational way of expressing yourself. Do better.
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Maxperson reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You're apparently confusing my point with being about simulation. Its not and has never been. I have had two points and only two in my...
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Maxperson reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The PHB is a bit more DM leaning now too. AFAIK, there aren't any rules for skills in the DMG. It's a bit like 2e where they put all...
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Maxperson reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
What it actually says is "An ability check represents a creature using talent and training to try to overcome a challenge, such as...
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Maxperson replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..What we call luck are generally those things that happen that are outside of our control. If youe PC falls because he failed to notice...
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Maxperson reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yeah, but there is really no such thing as luck, everything is caused by something. We just tend to call the product of all sorts of...
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Maxperson replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yes. Or at least I'm better at it than a pile of text. And no, I don't think an archeologist is better at figuring out what some...
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Maxperson reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don’t think that whatever an archaeologist might conjecture is more likely. I think the likelihood of his conjecture greatly depends...
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Maxperson replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..The variability I'm talking about is lack of paying attention, not enough sleep, etc. Most of it can't or at least shouldn't be reduced...