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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
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One of the problems I have is this presumption of the pyramid structure of trad RPG's. There's no actual reason for doing it that way... -
MrBeens304 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's interesting you pick those examples. In every example, the leader has a specific task (or set of tasks) that need to be completed...
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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.
I've always been a big advocate that RPG's as written are not complete games. They are essentially game creation engines - more along...
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MrBeens304 reacted to gban007's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But isn't there circular logic at some point here? 'I think this rule is an issue, and ideally should be changed' 'It isn't a problem...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I thought we weren't allowed to characterize any part of a game as "lazy design"? Seems a little uncharitable.
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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.
Probably because they didn't think that anyone would ever define destroyed in such a way to preclude killed or unalived. 🤷 I mean, I...
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MrBeens304 reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
i don't really have a horse in this race but it occurs to me, minions weren't just any one type of monster right? you literally had a...
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MrBeens304 replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.A thing that has come up a lot in this thread but hasn't really been discussed holistically is that context has a significant impact on...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Scott Christian's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
I will say this, when I say by gut, I am not guessing. I have years of experience, my number sense has always been a solid skill, and I...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Scott Christian's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
4e's system was the bomb. It worked great! I had a much easier time building close encounters, either with the system or by gut. It was...
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MrBeens304 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This is certainly a table preference thing, but "RPG runtime" can be a concern and is not just a a universal truth that it is not a...
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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.
Again, this is a very good example of the 6 impossible things before breakfast. It doesn't matter that the first six things are...
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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.
Again, it makes perfect sense when you've decided that this is the hill you are going to die on and no amount of evidence will shift...
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MrBeens304 reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
@Enrahim you seriously making the contention that in 4e with so many player freedoms - such as flexibility with powers via keyword...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I never had much of an issue with tripping cubes, for the same reason I don't have issues with tripping foes in zero g. It's about...