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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Just touching on this particular point, 5e is a follow-up and expansion to the 4e rejection of codified task DCs that started with skill... -
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The nice thing about formalized rules is that by agreeing to play under them, all the participants accept that implicit accountability... -
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I do not think it's inherently railroady. I do think this sort of thing should be meaningfully knowable before it likes trips people in...
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Pedantic reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
To make it clear, I don't expect rules to substitute for accountability; I expect them to make it less frequently necessary in the first...
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Pedantic reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yeah, the people who are big proponents of GM empowerment almost always seem to pull out the idea that managing it implies that most GMs...
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Pedantic reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
We are working from fundamentally different assumptions about what constitutes railroading. In my view, the distinction lies in whether...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Right, the limits of the situation are what make the gameplay interesting. You get faced with a board you can make limited moves on, and...
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Pedantic reacted to Imaro'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 dog in this fight but I don't believe this is what's being asserted. I think what's being asserted is that in...
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Pedantic reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I do not accept Hussar as the One True King of Playstyles. (Nothing personal, Hussar) I reserve the right to think that maybe...
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Pedantic reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'm going to take the other side of this, just a little. An increase in speed if it did not reduce the other elements you value would...
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Pedantic reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
the ‘problem’ is that both the steak and the omelette in my analogy are called a sandbox in this thread, so to stick with the analogy he...
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Pedantic reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D 5E I feel like the surveys gaslit WotC about """"Backwards Compatibility"""" with Like.
So I game with mostly people younger than me, by 10 years or more. What I've found is that there is a mindset, deeply ingrained into...
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Pedantic replied to the thread RPG Gear: Playing cards.So I know this company only because they're planning to break into boardgames and licensed my friend's design, but their primary...
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Instead of talk about agency. Let's talk about the ideas behind it. How much efficacy do players in your games have and how much should...
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Pedantic replied to the thread An examination of player agency.I'd like to think my response here was considerably more structured, especially as I don't give much credence to RPGs as an exceptional...