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Micah Sweet 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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And we also want their peril to be reduced. As it's not our production to control, we can't do that with a movie or novel; as GMs... -
Micah Sweet reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
When I see "be a fan of the characters" my first thought is that it's quietly advising the GM to, when the chips are down and a...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't think anyone's really suggesting successes shouldn't be honoured. Sure there sometimes might be a complication attached but...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In what context? The game uses multiples of it, and yes that's sloppy, too. All of the uses, though, are the commonly used variety...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
At this point I'm not sure if they are just being super sloppy with these terms, or if in the effort to differentiate their game from...
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Micah Sweet reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If you asked a random person in the TTRPG community, who has no pre-existing exposure to the phrase, what it means for a GM to be a fan...
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Micah Sweet reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
There are numerous people in this thread, and elsewhere, who I've seen using "be a fan" in a way I feel is too watered to down to be...
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Micah Sweet reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Well, if the GM isn't ruling fairly, I don't feel they need to be fan of the PCs to do so -- they just need to be fair. To me, being a...
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Micah Sweet reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't know. Possibly no one in this thread. I'm not about to go scouring the internet looking for the names of people who have; I'm...
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Micah Sweet reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I am providing what my players want and enjoy -- a world where they know they generally don't have any kind of plot immunity and where...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Verisimilitude. Sometimes bad things, things we don't want, happen anyway. If you're exploring a world that operates in many ways...
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Micah Sweet reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think that being a neutral arbiter is not compatible with focusing on being "a fan of the PCs" if the latter is being interpreted as...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Being a fan means to be biased for. This could just be another bad term, though. If all it means is being a decent to good DM, then...
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Micah Sweet reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If doing the things you listed means you're being a fan of the PCs, then the implication is that if you aren't a fan of the PCs you'll...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General How Do I Help Mentor a GM Making Rookie Mistakes?.Level Up works perfectly fine as a grittier game that can challenge your players PCs. WotC's recent offerings perhaps less so. 5e as a...