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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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The key part of that post seems to me "you can't go off into the trees to look for herbs the way we can". Retconning is different, for...
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No. When it happens repeatedly that there are consequences to a failed roll other than that I failed the specific task I was...
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It may also provide a fun opportunity for roleplay.
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Those PCs get their turn to do something interesting to them later.
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Reasonable. Maybe I've misunderstood but I've read the criticism as "that doesn't work for me". That is, people are saying it doesn't...
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Except when nothing is in fact something. "Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom."
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The moment you narrate they've arrived safely at their destination you've also just established that nothing of any significant danger...
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Hold up, you're conflating two different things here. Novel stuff, like encounters, creatures, situations, traps, all that, is not the...
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This completely fails (sorry) to address my concerns about failure being turned into success. Remember, the task at hand that's being...
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I've played some (Mansions of Madness, others I don't remember) but I don't care for them. They are too close to RPGs without being...
Jun 8, 2025
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I like this example a lot. And I agree it is much more interesting than "failure with a complication = the trap does have a reset...
Jun 8, 2025
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It adds to the feeling that the world is a living, breathing place and exists beyond the PCs.
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One of my favorite rpg situations were when the players spent about 1 hour trying to figure out what was up with an obvious trap at the...
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It's just a coincidence that the extra amount of time it takes is just long enough for your friend to be killed. And this coincidental...
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I find nothing happens to be an interesting result. Where does that leave us?
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