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SableWyvern reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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In a game that has infinite possibilities, trying to have a written rule for everything results in one of two undesirable outcomes: 1... -
SableWyvern reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
“World logic” is a criterion I use to decide how NPCs behave and how I roleplay them. It’s part of how I ensure consistency, not a...
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SableWyvern reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
One of the things that came up in this thread before I joined, that I find contentious is the conflation of GM-created/authored with...
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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 do agree if you put it on the table, you have to at least understand what it means for that to come up. But I also think the nature of...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..If you are going to quibble and say the restrictions aren't reducing power, I'm not going to bother arguing. Choose another word that...
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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.
Just to add to what I previously said about fun, something I observed in discussions on sandbox was there was wariness around things...
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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.
This might have been me, but I wasn't saying fun wasn't important. I was saying outcomes aren't chosen because of the desire to add fun...
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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.
Who said that? If the group isn't having fun, the game is being played wrong. It's about the only way to play it wrong.
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SableWyvern reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Citations needed. Because I've talked about that quite a bit and never once said anyone was forced by the setting to make a decision...
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SableWyvern reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It’s important to recognize that this is a two-way street. What you’re describing highlights real problems that can originate with a...
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SableWyvern reacted to thefutilist's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
People in general massively over rate systems and how impactful they are. In order of importance it's something like: The people you're...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..And some of us, like me, have said they actively try to avoid doing that too much. And you know what? That's OK. The "sandbox DMs" are...
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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.
Yeah. A number of us sandbox DMs have said, or liked posts that said something to the effect of, "If there are multiple logical...
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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 keep saying I don’t want a physics engine, that a physics engine is a straw man. I want a world that feels external to the characters...
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SableWyvern reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'd assert that the bolded is almost always a good idea, and for someone's first campaign can be done by being friends or...