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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
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I think I grasp your meaning, but your wording isn't quite right. We're not seeking to simulate processes! (Unless that is strictly... -
Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This is a terrible take. I'm open to a set of RPG people who really want to be doing something more explicitly improv-y or generative...
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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.
Sure. That just puts us in “should the rules flow from our implicit understanding of setting, genre, and tropes, or should the setting...
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Pedantic reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with Like.
I’m extremely skeptical about this, because Mearls has been beating a similar drum since 2012, when he designed 5e and sold it on...
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Pedantic reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with Like.
Yeah, I noticed the same. If his goal was to say, "hey, in the 21st century, we started designing around what was good for WotC, and now...
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Pedantic reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Well, if consistently followed, they both lead us into the same place: the rules and setting being in sync. Though of course the...
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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 will agree that position has been expressed. I'm not convinced its real. I personally think Bloodtide's postings are mostly schtick.
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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, this is my biggest objection to the "toss everything left into sim" element of GNS; it lumps together two things that I don't...
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Pedantic replied to the thread Virtual Happy Hour (Brews & Spirits, Pics & Reviews).Technically related, I just got a directional freezing rig set up to make clear rocks. Excited to build up a stockpile.
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Pedantic reacted to Timespike's post in the thread 3PP Release New Release: Single-Class Synergy, Volume 3: Higher Callings with Like.
5e and A5e aren't huge proponents of static bonuses, so that language seemed like a good way to "backdoor" a similar effect...
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Pedantic replied to the thread 3PP Release New Release: Single-Class Synergy, Volume 3: Higher Callings.Oh I missed this! Just out of curiosity, looking at Paritor for the Champion, is there a circumstance I'm not thinking of where there'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 wouldn't consider Bloodtide representative of anyone else, in this thread or any other.
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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 wonder if genre conventions form a fourth type of fictional-fact? So that we end up with Type-I facts - things true in our real...
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Pedantic reacted to Don Durito's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Isn't the bigger issue with FTL settings that even if you have something like an Alcubierre drive that is powered by some kind of...
