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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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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I see that you find these bits tedious. But phrasing it as if that's objectively true does not help your case. The decision about how...
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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.
It's still very different, because your player could pick any of thousands and thousands of different ways to add to the past. This not...
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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.
Not nearly as significant to you.
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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.
This is all preference. All of it. The two of you just like different things. What we shouldn't be doing IMO is assuming anyone's...
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The Firebird reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread Geek Confessional Thread 2024 [NOW 2025!] with Like.
I hate the use of rhetorical anticlimax in action films, which is typically represented by a snappy one-liner that breaks dramatic...
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The Firebird reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Geek Confessional Thread 2024 [NOW 2025!] with Like.
Deadpool isn't very funny.
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The Firebird reacted to Meech17's post in the thread Geek Confessional Thread 2024 [NOW 2025!] with Like.
I really liked the early seasons of The Big Bang Theory. In relation to your point #1, I kind of wish geek/nerd culture as a whole...
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The Firebird reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Geek Confessional Thread 2024 [NOW 2025!] with Like.
I did a quick search but it looks like we haven't had one of these in a while, so... 1. I am looking forward for the pop cultural D&D...
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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.
There are plenty of directions the conversation could turn I would dread far more than immersion or realism.
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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.
Exactly. The initial claim paraphrased 'too many coincidences makes something as a whole implausible'. An excerpt about one individual...
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The Firebird reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
One dreads the conversation turning toward "immersion" or "realism" but I've argued before that forward facing causality of action...
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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.
That's how I see it. If you want to go back in time to have done something, somebody involved better have a time-traveling phone booth...
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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.
That would be all of them in this thread. Suppose the level 1 party goes to the local adventuring guild looking for jobs. While there...
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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.
Appeal to popularity. The current edition of the most popular RPG appears to support their point, which somehow makes it more correct.