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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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Really? I found the combination of "you have to be of a certain level of skill to understand this" and "my rpg guru, a powerful game...
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And now you know why so many hated 4e d&d skill challenges. It’s the same reasons already expressed in this thread.
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Let’s take a stroll down memory lane. The purpose of this thread was that d&d players should be more open to other techniques, such as...
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But the sort of game you play wouldn't have "weird entanglement", would it? I'm asking what RPG actually exhibits this "weird...
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Oh, I don't think there is one. When I play BitD or whatever, I feel like my character sheet ought to be about my abilities alone but it...
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Not @FrogReaver , but (1) describes the kind of RPGs I want to play. I'd go so far to say "character skills ought to encompass qualities...
Jun 13, 2025
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I think they can be useful in some cases--the taxonomy at the end of that article is great, for example--but they also try to do too...
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Sorry; must be the brain damage. :)
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The issue I see is that there are so many different interpretations and most of my searches just resulted in more arguments about what...
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If the cook being there or not was a random encounter and not based on the failure of a check I wouldn't have a problem with it. Intent...
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IMO this is precisely where the entanglement lies. It’s important to note the steps taken to get here. 1. We define character skills...
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I've found GNS's desire to lump world simulation and genre emulation together wrongheaded from day one. They don't really serve the...
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This week, an improved deck of many things for Dungeons & Dragons 2014 and an art and fact filled book of made up fantasy fungus are now...
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A) Playing a trad game sandbox is focused on players making objectives, modifying them when applicable and playing to overcome whatever...
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