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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..One can; that's never been in dispute, but one does not have to. -
Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Your two things seem like the same thing to me, but I admit it is a legitimate concern, depending on the prevalence of magic in the...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..That has never been my expected experience with D&D-style games. I see no reason the game should demand the PC change the nature of...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Is this not the whole sim point? The mechanics are a concrete representation of something that can be understood, and there is no... -
Micah Sweet reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I mean, you can certainly assign some kind of diegetic linkage to "minion", "elite", etc. But that definitely wasn't the point. The... -
Micah Sweet reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Sometimes there’s just not a particularly better alternative so you live with what you’ve got.
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Hit points are a much bigger part of the rules than minion mechanics, harder to change or ignore. Not sure what you even mean by "magic".
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..One could argue (I would) that the increased efficiency of Rico's squad was due to their own increased prowess, not a change in the...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..That's how I feel, and I'm not ashamed of it. That's what the game of D&D was designed for IMO, and changing that should I think make it...
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Micah Sweet reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
One if the reasons I didn't care for 4e in the long run (even though I played it) were there gamist issues like minions. At low levels...
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Micah Sweet reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
i've long pointed out in conversations such like this that people need to stop thinking of the differences between a human, an elf and a...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread I don't get the arguments for bioessentialism with Like.
Planescape tieflings could have any appearance - there was a table of random fiendish features. But the sexy horns and tail look was...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Wolfram stout's post in the thread Interested in checking out non-D&D fantasy "old school" ttrpgs with Like.
I have posted before on those ads. Man. I loved the one for Dragon raiders... "christians Learn To Fight at the Gates of Hell". The game...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Libertad's post in the thread Interested in checking out non-D&D fantasy "old school" ttrpgs with Like.
Take all the time you need, I'm not going to be picking up anything until I get my paycheck.
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Check Out The Mutants & Masterminds 4E Playtest.I'm not convinced that's a good reason to use an edition change to shift an existing game's design philosophy. Like I said, that's what...