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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..@EzekielRaiden, I can't help thinking that one of the reason you find this conversation frustrating and confusing is you seem to... -
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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Ideally the DM has the attitude of whatever happens, happens. I've had fail-forward explained (and have seen this repeated even in this... -
SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..No, Lanefan hasn't said he's infallible. He says the table will play through a mistake because they have a more extreme need for...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..If @Lanefan is clear and up front about this, the players are on board and Lanefan is competent enough that this is an extremely rare...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..You can't see why anyone would value honesty and owning up to mistakes, then fixing them as a group, over trying to hide them for the...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I don't know. I suggest you find the comments you're confused about and ask the people who made them. Cool.You and I are clearly in...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..If you would prefer to imagine me yelling at you for choosing to define something your own way, that's also OK. Go wild. You have a...
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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.
It's bending over backwards when a) the "something interesting" is clearly contrived just for that purpose and otherwise makes no...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It's setting ground rules and a set of shared expectations for the campaign. I've repeatedly stated that I consider a set of clear...
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SableWyvern reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
When the players do stuff with their PCs, no matter how unimportant it might seem to the GM, the fiction is not "entirely unchanged".
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This is where we diverged. Either I'm running a game where inexperienced adventurers are expected to be able to handle long distance...
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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.
Okay. That's not how we do it. Any area, including a city, has the potential for CR 20+ stuff. The farther out you go, the more...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Your scenario appears, to me, to be: A group of seasoned, skilled outdoor survivalists are travelling in the wilderness. They lose...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yes, we discussed this to death a few thousand posts ago. No one's imaginary gameworld is an accurate and comprehensive simulation with...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I'd be perfectly happy to see people providing perspectives on why they run and play their games the way they do, or even commenting...