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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I'd be a lot happier if the big game hadn't gone so far into generic resolution, it's a real waste of the potential design and... -
Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I don't get it because of 5e's omnipresence, but I'd much prefer players report the difficulty to me, or report the levels of effect...
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Pedantic 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'll be honest, if my character is climbing a cliff, I 100% expect to get enough information to know the odds. "You failed a Perception... -
Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I'm not so sure those belong on the same scale, given that seems a difference in kind, not quantity. A high agency character might wield...
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Pedantic reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It can difficult to disentangle the difference between "don't know" and "I know, but don't like it". Especially because, let's face it...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I didn't think that's the case. Firstly, because I'm quite bullish on handing resolution off to systems without handing off content, but...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..That would be a more compelling argument if there was an engine on the other side that offered the same gameplay loop without that flaw...
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Pedantic reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Monopoly is not a board game but a procedural generator for arguments with my friends and family, like Settlers of Catan. It's...
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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 respect your opinion, but I've never seen a rulings based approach here that I actually thought paid for its downsides with its upsides.
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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.
Of course my reaction to that is "Have a system that provides more." I've never considered GM intervention a good substitute for rules...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I try not to be dogmatic about it in the TTRPG space, but I don't think you could describe those as the rules to a game accurately.
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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.
Do you feel that's the same as the world only being determined because the players are playing? I mean that one seems a bit of an...
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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.
At this point, I think we’ve reached the limits of a productive exchange. I’ve done my best to explain how I run living world sandbox...
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Pedantic reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread California bill (AB 412) would effectively ban open-source generative AI with Like.
The issue isn't that smaller companies will be more affected than larger ones. That's a(nother) misdirection. The issue is, and always...
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Pedantic replied to the thread What Are Your Non-Gaming Hobbies/Interests?.I make drinks and desserts! I have an espresso machine, I have an ice cream maker, I have a seltzer tap, I have a wall of flavoring...