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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Some things are put into motion by the GM, but the players still decide what they're doing, so I'd still say play is mostly player-driven. -
The Firebird reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Eh, no. Weak justification after the fact doesn't mean that they went looking for herbs during that trip. They decided that they...
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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Social rolls are still about trying to succeed at a task, at which you can succeed and do the thing, or fail and not do it.
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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Because not everyone wants die rolls to work the way you want them to. And that should be ok.
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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Is there a fail-forward on that roll too? Does it matter that the whole thing's retroactive based on the scenario you described?
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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Maybe, but I really think it should. I don't want result that don't make sense. So it is One true wayism. You think everyone should...
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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Maybe, but I really think it should. I don't want results that don't make sense.
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The Firebird reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
IMO. Generally people have a reason for why something doesn’t vibe for them. I don’t think reducing the conversation to simply ‘I don’t...
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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No game is entirely GM or player driven. Teamwork makes the dream work.
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The Firebird reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Except there's three versions of "something interesting happens": 1. Something interesting happens on failure but not on success (i.e...
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The Firebird reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It still sounds like you're trying to help me overcome my problems with your preferred mechanics. But they're not problems in that...
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The Firebird reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
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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The Firebird reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
What matters to you isn't what matters to others, and vice versa. Just because you value those things and you view those as the only...
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The Firebird reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You don't, because you can't. Oh, you can skip past walking somewhere, but you can't go off into the trees to look for herbs the way we...
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The Firebird reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
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...