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MrBeens304 reacted to Maggan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
Haha.
No one knows. Or at least, it seems to me that there are several things being discussed at the same time. For a while it was the... -
MrBeens304 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Again, no. After all, a successful attack roll could take away your movement (there's a number of ways), depending on the system could... -
MrBeens304 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Ok, let's back up a second shall we? We're all DM's. All of us here are running games. So, that means that every single poster here...
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MrBeens304 reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If the thief succeeds on the roll and opens the lock successfully, then the cook is either not there because she wasn't brought by the...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No. It really isn't. You're mixing successes and failures. The attack roll tells you to succeed. The NPC's persuasion roll tells you...
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MrBeens304 reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
At this point I think every single poster in this thread that's even a mild proponent of the concept of Fail Forward in any game has...
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MrBeens304 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The best usage of SCs--which I have actually seen, from real GMs, including one who was running his very first 4e campaign with almost...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But, the dice tell you how well you attack. The dice tell you whether or not you know something. You're saying that what your wizard...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
And yet, you have zero problem with dice determining every single other element of the game. It tells you how good a warrior you are...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Gimby's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Are we allowed to call principles what we like? Like Blorb, for example? Secondarily, it's entirely possible for the game to be being...
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MrBeens304 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Most of the people who run in a race lose. Nevertheless, they make it to the finish line. In @hawkeyefan's example, the character...
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MrBeens304 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I have, perhaps, a slightly-more-useful demonstration case for a "Fail Forward" situation. The party is chasing someone, say an...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'm not incredulous, I know people play D&D lots of different ways. I've been round a long time, and I pay attention. I am incredulous...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You take on no roles in hero quest. You do take on roles in a roleplaying game. Even the gamists. Being gamist doesn't equate to...
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MrBeens304 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I don't really understand your point of view. On one hand you are saying that "gamist" type games are "I would hardly call them role...