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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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A lot of this post seems to me to be pointless quibbling over the definition of contrivance, things that come across as "Technically...
May 13, 2025
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I'd argue that's applying some concepts of verisimilitude to genres and settings where they don't work, at least as normally applied. I...
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I mean, this is always the problematic bit. It being inevitable doesn't make it any more desirable, and getting told you should simply...
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This is why I've made repeated comparisons between Roberts play and my own and have pointed out how those exact preconditions created a...
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My response to the narrativist response is that I don't generally like the contrivance and a style of play that embraces it is not...
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Mrs. Fezziwig has my sympathy. “Expensive” might actually be the more honest word some days. You're right about the reality on the...
May 12, 2025
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What you wrote before and after that is appreciated. But the quote above illustrates why there’s strong pushback from myself and others...
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I appreciate the clarification, and I get your Wynton Marsalis example. In the 21st century, that kind of fandom pressure just doesn’t...
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It's like if you give someone a car, they might be able to do what they want with it but, at the end of the day, it's still a car...
May 12, 2025
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Part of it is that. But part of it is also because I think you are using a model of analysis that doesn't really work well (at least for...
May 12, 2025
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Yes, you do need to, because nobody that I have seen has even come remotely close to saying that. I've seen the following. 1) If you...
May 12, 2025
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The problem, though, is that you went into this assuming that the GM has no reason other than railroading you. What? No I didn't say...
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Then I can still say I've never had a GM with bad intentions. They may not have been good GMs but actively out to make the game less...
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But what you are talking about is gamabilty in terms of adventure potential, not in terms of system. I am not saying these things...
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Sandbox isn’t about game design. It is about adventure structure. You can make or have a system intended to be more sandbox friendly but...
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