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SableWyvern reacted to Mark Hope's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Dark Sun, problematic content, and 5E… with
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The larger Dark Sun community has kind of just moved on without WotC. Athas.org are releasing one great product after another - and... -
SableWyvern reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Why would we do something that we don't want to do? What I mean is what I just said above. We don't want it to be the way you 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.
I don't agree with that. With all kinds of things, and not just RPGs, folks are okay dealing with parts of something one way, but not...
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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.
1. The runes were undefined. 2. The player decided what they wanted the runes to be. 3. The player rolled and received a positive...
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SableWyvern reacted to MrBeens304's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It is however very easy to interpret things as "attacks" on things when many people in this thread use absolute statements like "That...
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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.
You want me to explain my feelings? If I don't feel the setting has a sense of independence from me the player, such that my ability to...
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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 thinking the bad design is that the chest that can't be smashed open because it will cause the grenade to explode or something...
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SableWyvern reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'm not sure why there is such a push to include Fail Forward in skill challenges in games whose tasks resolution are very singular when...
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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.
This is exactly what I mean when I say the conflation of "simulationism" and "accurately simulating reality" muddies things. I think it...
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SableWyvern reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
To me it's clear that some folk dislike making a skill roll to pick a lock the prompt that results in adding a cook to the fiction. For...
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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.
This seems flawed to me. The GM acts as the PCs' senses and needs to accurately convey information they would have. In the modern era...
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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.
This breakdown is absolutely fascinating. It's exactly the kind of post explaining the actual rules of burning wheel that gives me...
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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.
All of this arguing comes down to 2 fairly different approaches. I prefer a more simulationist approach as explained in...
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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 originally used "unconnected" because it was for examples of a guard showing up due to a failed song when they would not have appeared...
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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.
It's a failure of an example. Cause and effect is direct. If I punch you in the eye, the effect is a black eye. The cause of the...