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Micah Sweet reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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What is? You think that a Regency romance game using GURPS must allow mechas or you don't? -
Micah Sweet reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No. D&D is just a game system, which can be used to represent many different worlds. Not every world needs to include everything the...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But this is just about the level of detail. D&D AC does actually provide some information how it prevents attacks from hitting, it is...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Player decided it, though the mechanics decided who got to decide. On the other hand if there was some "mysterious runes chart" one...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Also, at least to me, most of that world building world is not about the system. It is about the fiction, coming up with places, people...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't think the player wanting to ignore the setting and/or campaign concept is "a mild request." People who want to play wookiee jedi...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Emerikol's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This seems to be an assumption. Some people enjoy DM curated campaign settings and value what those DMs do to make the game good for...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Emerikol's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think if you present your campaign idea up front and any good DM would in my playstyle then it is the player who is behaving badly if...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Emerikol's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The word insistence doesn't strike me as a loose weak thing in the abstract. It comes across as a demand. Yeah I guess I just never...
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Micah Sweet 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 the exact reason my world now has sand skiff riding desert pirates!
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Micah Sweet reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Your framing of one person obeying another is not how the hobby is enjoyed amongst friends. I would not frame football (soccer for the...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Emerikol's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The kinds of players I look for are those who want to be invested in the world. They ask questions about the world before they come up...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Emerikol's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'm probably one of those that think building a detailed campaign world is the way to go. That doesn't mean that word isn't reusable...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Emerikol's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think good DMs are rare period. Well, if the DM goes to the trouble of building an extensive and deep campaign, I think we should...
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Micah Sweet reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
IMO pretty much the only real difference between them is how widely known they are, and given i know pretty much absolutely nothing...