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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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GMs having a mental model they develop and evaluate is only more like our moment-to-moment existence as long as we are dealing with... -
The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Agree with Micah that these read identically to me. The GM decides, based on what the roll says and how they interpret it, suggests that...
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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.
But it is based on PC skill. The more skilled the PC in the fiction, the less likely to encounter the cook behind that door. To the...
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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.
Satisfactory in the sense that it is a logical explanation for narrative game rolls, or in the sense that it suits your preference for...
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The Firebird reacted to definiteFreakyFishGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Heh, I drafted and deleted some version of this comment over-and-over because I couldn't get the wording quite right. But that is the...
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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.
If no one is controlling the result, it is impartial.
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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.
Yea, I think you are on to something. Framing narrativist games skills as a characters skill at being lucky in some subset of situations...
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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.
I think for trad it's often more like: --- player succeeds a lock picking check --- DM checkes notes for the kitchen and its occupants...
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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.
You are welcome to have that opinion, but I simply disagree. Why the roll is being made specifically makes a large difference to me.
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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.
I'm not sure who you're talking about. I've only ever heard that kind of jargon from Narrativist-leaning folks.
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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.
Not really interested in appeals to authority.
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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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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.
Well, there you go. Mission Accomplished?
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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.
...yeah, because preferences differ.
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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.
And I just disagree. I can't help it if you don't see that an action of picking a lock being tied to a person being in the other room...