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The Firebird reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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When talking about fiction-first games the fiction refers to the shared/established fictional situation the table has agreed upon. It... -
The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This is a good description of the difference. I want to feel like things I don't know matter and have weight, because it amplifies the...
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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 not just that the stakes have been set, but more so that the lockpicking attempt has nothing to do with the cook. Being discretely...
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The Firebird reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'm thinking of the way those favouring it would narrate it, rather than the way that someone disfavouring it would. To me your...
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The Firebird reacted to Argyle King's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
I can't speak for everything. I've only been playing/following DCC since last August. Searching for Goodman Games on Backerkit, the...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..No, not at all. The PCs can interact with anyone. If it's something the GM hasn't fleshed out explicitly, ideally there are random...
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The Firebird reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I am sorry, your math intuition is a bit off. I think the issue become clearer if you turn it arround: Do you care about your chances of...
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The Firebird reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
What some trad DMs, to eliminate their own bias, is assign odds and then roll a die to see if the cook is in the kitchen or wherever...
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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 for the very many times when what makes the most sense is a continuation of the status quo, i.e. nothing happens, which isn't...
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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.
So if the established fiction has it that it's about 2 a.m., the house is dark and quiet, the PCs' prior casing of the place has shown...
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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.
And yet when I said the player can always choose not to climb the cliff you mocked me for it. So which is it - can they choose to bail...
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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.
So again, it's a matter of skipping over details and procedure...which would seem to be the very stuff of investigative scenes and...
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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.
Sigh. We can RP characters doing the smart thing and taking the path of lesser risk and-or resistance to achieve their ends, can't we...
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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.
Or look at Google street-view. That Australians drive on the left is an independently veifiable fact. The verifiable fact here is that...
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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.
Yes. It means if you want to play the game "correctly", you have to do it their way and abide by their constraints. There's no GM...