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Micah Sweet reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs with
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Well, if they have enough players for the campaign, they obviously sold it well enough! -
Micah Sweet reacted to Theory of Games's post in the thread Realistic Combat that's Simple(ish) with Like.
How do you know what serves the most players?
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Subjective preferences. You're welcome to have those too, and I'm welcome to disagree with them. And there is definitely game design...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Sure you can...in your own subjective preferences, which we are all welcome to share with each other.
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Agreed. As I've said before, superhero is the only genre where I feel mechanics to enforce genre are useful to me, because most players...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
While its a bridge too far for me, you won't hear me say its not a consistent position. Though I'm not sure I think the proper term is...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I have known that I am okay with mild funky cheese in the context of hot sauce for decades. But it is pretty specific and limited. If...
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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.
This misperception is why so many traditional DMs argue with you. What we do isn't even close to being one person telling a story, or...
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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.
If a rune expert was conjecturing that runes on a dungeon wall were directions out, I'd ask for his expert credentials back. Dungeon...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This comes across as either "whataboutism" or a simple failure to realize that humans aren't 100% consistent. I, personally, have no...
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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.
I don't think any rules have been broken, but it doesn't make any sense to me. Why would the founders of a place filled with undead...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
We might break this down in a more clear way. For the orc in a fight - all the abstracted events (dodging, footwork, and so on) that...
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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.
Yes. What is not the same is the causality. Why you keep ignoring this? I absolutely do not understand why you always champion...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs with Like.
This is just your strawman scaremongering you always resort to in these discussions. Of course the GM needs to sell their premise to the...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Emerikol's post in the thread D&D General I finally like non-Tolkien species for PCs with Like.
This is key. Session 0 is absolutely a must have and the DM needs to be detailed in what he is allowing and not allowing as well as what...