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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It still sounds like you're trying to help me overcome my problems with your preferred mechanics. But they're not problems in that... -
SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..No, I very specifically said "What some of us find implausible" and not, "This is implausible". I then concluded with an...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I understand your example, but I am unclear what point you are trying to make with it. I keep saying that some people don't like the...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Potentially, yes. There are many things it might depend on. That fact that someone who is unhappy with the effect at a certain rate of...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..What some of us find implausible (not impossible) is that something interesting happens every time you roll the dice. We can also find...
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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
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Hmm. The outcome isn't fixed; that's why you roll the dice. But the world is fixed. I posted a similar example from Blades a month ago... -
SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Whether that is true or not is irrelevant. @The Firebird was talking about how the mechanic makes them feel. They never claimed that...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Sure, you can look at it that way. As I've mentioned several times, the things I'm arguing are simply that a single point of failure...
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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.
For me, knowing how the decisions are made makes them feel contrived. Even if the outcome is reasonable I know that nothing is fixed...
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SableWyvern reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I said I don't want to play a game that uses fail forward in the way you describe with a cost that is not directly caused by the...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..But if you run a game where it's OK to not find out what's behind the door or in the compartment (which I typically do), then you can...
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SableWyvern reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Sometimes failing to light the candle means that you get eaten by the grue. But that's because the grue is afraid of light and was...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..That sounds pretty reasonable. There are certainly points of commonality (most of us don't like fail forward), but there are plenty of...
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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 not so much an extreme need for immersion as it is a matter of preserving the sanctity and integrity of play that has already...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I will say, I have disagreed with you very strongly on another point in the past, but your position here is consistent with the line you...