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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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I could just make it up, but tables allow for more options than might occur to me in the moment, and also keep me from just forcing my... -
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.
How does your refutation of my statement actually refute it? Your goal is to bash on / aggressively analyze traditional play. And that's...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..No, that is not what I'm saying. Usually the random table will not dictate the result entirely, and the DM will interpret it in...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Tables systematize the results and make the choices more meaningful. Compare two hexcrawls where the players go into tundra territory...
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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's an awful lot of personal opinion dressed up as objective fact here. Maybe try considering the idea that your thoughts on what...
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The Firebird reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
After re-reading, it's clear to me that @pemerton has a different definition of Fail Forward than other people have. I've stated my...
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The Firebird reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
When a poster is saying "Why can't you..." and "This inability to make forward work..." they are telling us the only reason we don't do...
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The Firebird reacted to Ulorian - Agent of Chaos's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Solasta 2 Announced!!! with Like.
I don't need BG3 either. The first game though... I can't think of another CRPG that had that amateurish an attempt at story or...
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The Firebird reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Solasta 2 Announced!!! with Like.
As much as I enjoyed the first version, this is a big step up. It's not going to be at the same level as BG 3, personally I don't...
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The Firebird reacted to Kobold Avenger's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Solasta 2 Announced!!! with Like.
So apparently they are switching to the 2024 rules, I think this would be the first video game that's a RPG to use the rules.
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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.
A clear statement of personal preferences, if a little universally phrased. I don't see why you see this as a problem, since it's...
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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 one is saying your use of fail-forward doesn't work for you.. they're saying it doesn't work for them, because it doesn't suit their...
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The Firebird reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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dear lord, i missed one day of visiting this thread and i ended up catching up on it for days. -
The Firebird reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's never been a question of "Could the GM come up with something interesting." We're not stupid. It's about approach to the game's...
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The Firebird reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Which was kind of my point (I think), people are using Fail Forward to mean different things. What @pemerton is talking about is just...