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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..There's an implicit assumption in here that I spend most of my time with RPGs (especially "modern" ones) beating my head against... -
Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This is the sort of thing I'd put cleanly in "rules" or "system" instead of GM guideline. The expectation the players have (not...
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Pedantic reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Ok, I think I can work with the terms provided here. This sub-sub-tread started with me reacting to The way this is formulated, that... -
Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I think that rather necessarily simplifies that "resolution" down to a pretty limited play space. Hard to have a seven step plan if...
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Pedantic reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I certainly have the power to take more direct control over the game. What some people are trying to explain to you is they choose not...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Right, it's very clear you don't value those distinctions, but like, it's pretty obvious to me that those aren't the same things? I...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I see we're jumping right back to extremes. It hardly seems controversial that authors wield more power than GMs. Is not the standard...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Feels like we're into pretty meta territory, in that storyteller/not storyteller divide seems to be entirely down to the relationship...
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Pedantic reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Ideally, you'd never be able to tell the difference because there wouldn't be any. IMO a great DM is one who can seamlessly move from...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..If I was interested in fighting the semantic battle for the appropriate use of language, I'd probably take the most umbrage at this use...
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Pedantic reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't think the author of the table matters so much as your commitment to following it. You have a table and a rule - On Valentine'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.
That's generally the case with most of mine too, and this isn't the only group I've had that did that. We boggled a GM many years ago...
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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.
Well, I lean into the game end a fair bit too, its just a bit more admixed in my case than I get the impression is the case with you. I...
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Pedantic reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Personally, I think Ron Edwards is to RPGs what Freud was psychology - undoubtedly influential with some incredibly flawed notions - and...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..The rules that don't permit them. If the procedure for jumping is laid out, it is not given the GM to tell me I can or cannot jump over...