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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This provides an illustration of why I find the phrase "narrative game" unhelpful. I described a particular game using particular...
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Ppemerton reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Well, I defer to your direct experience, though I would also assume Wesley has literally run the same scenario or very similar ones... -
Ppemerton reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
A fool of myself? Okay, sparky. I don't think so. What's happening is that you are all criticizing the method by attacking the flawed...
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Ppemerton reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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But the same can happen in trad games. Godzilla pops out of a closet! Therefore, trad gaming is not verisimilitudinous! Therefore, it... -
Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I don't think this is right at all. What @Hussar is expressing is a classic "mechanical simulationist" viewpoint. From...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Although, as per my long post just upthread, this is still too simple. When the GM narrates firm holds, or crumbling holds, depending...
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Ppemerton reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Ok, but let's be clear on where the objection flows from. This has nothing to do with the fiction as fiction. This is an aesthetic...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This makes no sense. Surprise depends on whether or not a modified roll beats a target number. Thus it is the relationship between the...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It's simply false to say that the runes are simultaneously good and bad. They may be good. They may be bad. They may be neither -...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..No. My issue is that (i) it's utterly routine for the GM to make a decision to narrate/introduce some bit of fiction prompted by some...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..In addition to what @EzekielRaiden posted, I didn't use the phrase "surprise roll" in relation to 5e D&D - I used the phrase "rules for...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I didn't talk about terrain. I talked about the facts of what the PCs are doing, such that they don't notice the Orcs. But terrain...
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Ppemerton reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This would seem to setup a conflict in the manifesto presented earlier. That is, that manifesto claimed that mechanics are never more...
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Ppemerton reacted to Gimby's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's not quite player rolls or dm rolls - it's attacker rolls or defender rolls. The example in the 3e UA is player rolls, but it's...
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Ppemerton reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Take something like Warhammer Fantasy. It's a pretty deeply trad game. At least earlier editions of it are. I'm unfamiliar with later...