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SableWyvern 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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Bluntly, you're reading this in as negative a fashion as is possible. Like I said, there's no hostility involved in that, its just... -
SableWyvern reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
For me as DM, if a player asks me about something like that, my answer will depend on what's going on. Sometimes it's because they have...
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SableWyvern reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
We did this one already. You can't know. You can see things that look odd. Typically your best bet is to ask the GM if they are trying...
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SableWyvern reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Your assumption is wrong. The players have the majority of information, not 5% or less.
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SableWyvern reacted to Guest 85555's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't think this is a fair assessment of the OSR. First off, there are lots of schools of thought in the OSR. We have talked about the...
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SableWyvern reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Because it is based in reason. Context provides the basis for the reasoning and cannot be provided here, because there's no way to...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I haven't tried to make this anything. I've told you how I and my group operates. Something about the way I've done that does not sit...
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SableWyvern reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This is an issue specific to you. The rest of us do not share your particular problem, but you seem to be asking for help, and we are...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I don't play in that zone and thus I don't do anything in "that limbo" because I'm not there. I don't experience trust issues in my...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..If someone in my group did something "concerning" I would talk it out with them. I am absolutely certain I would quite easily come to a...
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SableWyvern reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
And if you trust the DM, then these are not remotely a problem. And if the DM is not trustworthy, then concrete rules are much easier to...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Submission to what? A fun game? I have no choice but to submit to my friends and risk that they are using their visits to my house to...
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SableWyvern reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Err yeah, that’s how faith works (and why Babel fish are such a threat). Joking aside, it’s something humans do all the time. It’s how...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This is why others have said it's about trust. I would not play in a group where we weren't implicitly comfortable trusting each other...
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SableWyvern reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The DM says that the climb looks tough, or easy, or hard, or inconceivably difficult, or... Descriptors are plenty good enough for...