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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
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I maintain it still does if it modifies the rule area being talked about it enough. If the response to a discussion of Rules Topic A is... -
Pedantic replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books.That feels like a stronger argument for a more detailed character creation system with more variability, not less.
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books.This is all a question of degree right? It's not wild to have a specialized Oracle of the Moon Pool, it's pretty crazy to have a unique...
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The conversation has probably gone well past this, but this is why a typical good declaration includes both the goal and approach...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Movie rules unconsciousness might be the single most common genre trope ascended to setting norm. Bonking someone on the head to put...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It's just regression to an older, better design. The issue was moving the benefits from general rules about being unobserved or 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.
There's been an ongoing argument whether process simulation and genre simulation are even close to the same thing for quite some time.
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books.If you start pulling on the consistency thread, you'll find proponents willing to do away with just about any PC exceptionalism.
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Pedantic reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) NPCs, and the poverty of the core books with Like.
But this is Oberone fallacy stuff. And more rules I need to rewrite, less incentive I have to buy the official rules in the first place.
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This seems like a pretty standard 4eism to me, and a general extension of the idea that monster and NPC stats exist entirely to govern...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..All the conflict here is because everyone seems to think the answer to that question is obvious. I personally think that's a huge design...
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Pedantic replied to the thread Roll for Effect or Intent?.Yeah, I'm not saying the player's should determine which strategy is best, I'm saying there needs to be multiple strategies a player can...
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Pedantic replied to the thread Roll for Effect or Intent?.I'm not sure this can matter at the level of an individual action declaration, it's probably easier to zoom out to "get into the locked...
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Pedantic replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Oh, that was just 3.5 RAW. Here's the spell: And here's the general rules on illumination: Shadowy illumination is less dark than...
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Pedantic replied to the thread Roll for Effect or Intent?.No, I'm saying the player's decision making being the most significant factor in whether or not they achieve their goals is definitional...