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MrBeens304 reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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So? This fits in with what I said. You don't have time to play it? Same here! I own scores of games I don't have time to play, but you... -
MrBeens304 reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That is a considerable misreading of the 4e rules and was never actually part of the rules. It's spectacular how long these outright...
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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.
That's been my point all the way along though. I'm not the one insisting that setting changes cannot be done. Of course they are done...
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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 guess, at the end of the day, I find the distinction between "improvise when things go an unexpected direction" and "modify scenarios...
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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 Like.
But an encounter can be unfair to the players, due to bad design. Me changing it on the fly could make it fair to the players.
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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 suppose. I think that answer's a bit convenient though. "Everything is in flux, except for the things I don't like to be in flux" is...
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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.
Well, that's the base of the problem though isn't it. We might both be using the term "railroad" but, we are not speaking the same...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Mort's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I tend to limit the term railroad to the derogatory usage, to avoid confusion. Otherwise, I just prefer the term linear. If an...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
For the record, I have both played and run GURPS 3e and 4e. OK, problem number one here is that you are misunderstanding what I mean...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Now we are getting somewhere! Here there are indeed a load of unstated assumptions coming to light :D This is seriously a WTF moment...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Seriously, man? How are the players "warping reality" any more than the GM is? Especially since I'm talking about game elements and...
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MrBeens304 reacted to Don Durito's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
What is actually at stake here in the argument about how rare bad GMs are meant to be? Now, as in many times in this thread, camps seem...
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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 Like.
Again, no. After all, a successful attack roll could take away your movement (there's a number of ways), depending on the system could...
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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.
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...