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Pvt. Winslow reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with
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I don't think this can be overstated. If 4E had gotten just Paizo on board, the entire history of D&D over the last nearly 20 years... -
Pvt. Winslow reacted to Mustrum_Ridcully's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
Interestingly, 4E NPCs, despite being differently derived then PCs, actually usually share the race's special ability. And I think it's...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to DammitVictor's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
Oooof. I have got big feels on this subject. I was an ardent fan of D&D through the 90s and most of the 00s, but the mechanical paradigm...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
The reasons are pretty well laid out in the OP. It doesn’t need to be fair ot rational. In fact superstition and fear usually isn’t...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
I think this is key. The big benefit to this approach is that the NPCs that have genuine warmth and understanding towards the party...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to Mind of tempest's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
if everyone hates them and never changes to the players who act reasonably towards them then there is a problem and it just makes people...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
I'm reminded of the drunk Marl in the village of Beregost (BG1) who accosts the adventurers to tell them to get out of town. There's a...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to Bayushi_seikuro's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
I feel adventurers in D&D are a lot like the Magnificent Seven in film. They're not trusted because they're not generally tied down to...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
Big fan of this take. This also helps give an explanation to the “Mos Eisely Cantina effect.” No one wants to be an adventurer; it’s...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to TheSword's post in the thread D&D General Adventurers a distasteful necessity with Like.
One of the things I like about the gritty, grimdark world of the Witcher is how the local people fear and dislike Witchers. It keeps...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to MichaelSomething's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with
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Care to stream your prep and game to show us how it's done?? -
Pvt. Winslow reacted to Scott Christian's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
I have moved a lot, and I have played in a lot of different groups. Most of those groups cannot do player driven campaigns. And these...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to gnarlygninja's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
I don't think I've ever been in a player driven campaign that worked. The majority of people I've gamed with have been people playing...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to payn's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
One strong point im trying to make is session 0 is no magic bullet. People will look you straight in the eye and say "im fully on...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to payn's post in the thread When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out with Like.
You can lead a gamer to mountain dew, but you cant make them drink. Some folks simply do not want to drive the game. As much as folks...