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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
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Yes. He makes up what was there all along that existed independently of the PCs. Nothing is made up FOR THE PCs. The cook is both... -
The Firebird reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Several years ago my mother and a bunch of her girlfriends(about 10 in total) went on a women's retreat to a ranch in Central California...
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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.
What type of rolls would you use to resolve conflicts in D&D? I assume you're not just talking about combat. Opposed skill rolls? What...
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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.
As an example: ‘Acting under fire’ is a name for an approach not for an intended goal. As I said, Terribly named.
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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 Like.
of course they are completely able to judge when the right time for them to enter should be, however this still gives them absolutely...
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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.
The framing scenes thing is actually my personal yes/no toggle for "narrative game", and that's actually from years of reading your...
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The Firebird reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
One of the most common criticisms of PbtA and FitD games is that most of them very much don't do an adequate job of explaining them, and...
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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.
TLDR: BW Revised (edit - not to be confused with gold revised) and Gold turn out to be completely different games in scope of this...
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The Firebird reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This reminds me of a similar discussion that happened regarding Dragon Age 2: companion romance options being "Hawke-sexual". For those...
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The Firebird reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This seems flawed to me. The GM acts as the PCs' senses and needs to accurately convey information they would have. In the modern era...
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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.
Long ago, on a page far, far away I asked the question something along the lines of "What do these narrative games have to do with D&D...
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The Firebird reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
One of the stark contrasts with "Moves" is that they're typically about the intended goal (i.e. what/why), whereas in a trad/sim RPG the...
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The Firebird reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Sure, but if the ambient noise is loud enough to mask the sound of a group of orcs, surely it's significant enough to warrant narration...
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The Firebird reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I was under the impression that the line of discussion was about how to apply the fail-forward principle in D&D (while adhering to D&D's...
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Those are important aspects, but I think it is unhelpful to call it "easy." Building a system for identifying, contacting, negotiating...