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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
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Narrate something relevant as the DM, or ask for a check. The cat is background flavor, not something relevant to the resolution. It's... -
Ppemerton reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Except in 4e, that isn't true. You can't automatically extract the meaning out of any one game mechanic and apply it more broadly to a...
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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.
Fighter 6: Ability Score Improvement Fighter 14: Ability Score Improvement Fighters are literally better at improving their physical...
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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.
And yet it is--very much--part of the expected experience for D&D-alike games that one grows so great in power that things which were...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Opinions on the Topaz Dragon Reverse Wings?.My understanding - from AD&D books - is that they fly in virtue of magical pearls in their brains. Wikipedia tells me that mythology is...
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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.
Certainly not, since the claim isn't true. It's often repeated though. Keep in mind, Lanefan is of the opinion that a creature cannot...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Heroes of the Borderlands.See, I don't see how this is an improvement. What if I want my Castellan to be (say) Sir Lionel?
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Ppemerton reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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lol at the idea of making progression in these arguments. As if people here have any intention of desiring progress or understanding... -
Ppemerton reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Simple. The system does not, in any way, produce a single NPC that you would fight at 1st level and then again at 15th level. Bob the...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Heroes of the Borderlands.I don't think the design of the Caves of Chaos is random (despite the name!). But obviously it's not naturalistic. I also don't see why...
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PI don't understand these situations you envisage. First it's a complex multi-part conflict such that we want to break out the skill...
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POne is visible to the players, the other is not. One is set, the other is not. This sounds more like a quality of yours rather than...
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PThe question is demonstrably absurd. If there were real causality the GM would be unable to break it - because the outcome would be down...
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POuija board roleplaying. I'm not moving the planchette, the causality of the fiction simply has an undeniable momentum of its own!
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PThere is no causality in fiction. There is only the fiction of causality, which - of course - can be anything the author chooses which...
