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SableWyvern reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with
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Xp for GP is a fundamental default rule in 1e and deprecated into a very much optional rule in 2e. And deprecating this rule (and a... -
SableWyvern reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't know. I play the 1977 version, with bits of 1981 and the supplements/additional books, plus some White Dwarf stuff, mixed in...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Meh. You just wasted a whole five minutes, and it was your choice to push your luck trying to get a bunch of extra skills knowing full...
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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.
Whereas I'm completely okay with "it doesn't work" because as GM I'm not responsible for pushing the narrative forward.
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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.
I think that for a lot of people, "I don't like that" is the most important consideration. We are talking about a leisure activity here.
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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.
Nobody is saying or implying that from my side of things. And nobody has shown(or can show) the position my side is taking on...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel?.1. The default game setting is the periphery of a crumbling pseudo-Roman Empire, but anything you can do in B/X you can do in ACKS, plus...
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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.
I think if the conclusion here is "people dislike narrative games for well founded reasons about what they get out of play" rather than...
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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'm right there with you on the giving up part. I've finally realized how divergent the definitions of fail forward are ... and as far...
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SableWyvern reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The very thing you frame as problematic here we would frame as a virtue. As players we want an experience where all that is possible...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Not to put words in @zakael19's mouth, but I took it to be an assumption that, one way or another, this is what will happen in the...
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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.
Way to tell people they don't GM hard enough for your liking.
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SableWyvern reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Right, I think this sort of thing only really matters if your focus is on maintaining a specific narrative thread. There's also lots of...
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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.
The roll is about picking the lock successfully. That's clear in understanding how skills work in traditional games. All those other...
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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.
"Is fudging ok if my players can't tell", and more at 11. I'd suggest they find a different table; our styles aren't compatible. I...