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The Firebird reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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To my mind, “telling a story” is how I’d describe the orientation of a session of Fiasco, or playing through a metaplot-heavy module of... -
The Firebird reacted to Charles Dunwoody's post in the thread Joyful GMing: RPG Success Strategies with Like.
Running a table top RPG could be seen as: get and learn a rulebook, find players, make characters, write an adventure, run the...
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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.
Yes, author stance is in no way incompatible with the idea of a idea of an independent world you have limited and well defined ability...
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The Firebird reacted to Gimby's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Often enough, it's a minor sub-genre on Youtube -
The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..+1 to both of these posts (I just quoted the start), which together make a pretty exhaustive case against fail forward. I'm not sure...
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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 sort of agree to that theory, and that is why I would be careful to introducing the simulation term into the discurse. The problem is...
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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.
If they have a lot of time I'll sometimes ask up front, before they roll, how long they're giving it. There's no re-rolls in any case...
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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.
That's just it - the way this is being presented, it sounds very much like the GM not only won't reward you for smart play but by the...
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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.
What, if anything, was Aedhros trying to achieve in any greater sense here? Or was he just being a pill, making the harbour official...
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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 if the roll represents your best attempt even after trying again for as long as you're willing or able to give it?
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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.
Sure. The first three on that list are entirely 100% related to the task being resolved - all good. The fourth is a more open question...
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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.
@Enrahim My current theory. The simulation is what causes the illusion of the existence of a world outside ours. I've noticed that...
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The Firebird reacted to Xetheral's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's overly simplistic, but I'm nevertheless a fan of the general principle in modeling that similar things should be modeled similarly...
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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.
One might could even say - the occasional frustration makes victory that much sweeter!
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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.
Yep! There's alot of pros to the techniques, even for use outside a purely narrativistic agenda there's a good set of pros for many of...