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Variants of D&D such as Shadowdark, 13th Age, ToV, etc. now go in the D&D Older Editions & Variants forum. Pathfinder, Starfinder, and... -
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 have never thought that D&D was best for sim. It allows for sim, it has many trappings of it, and can be adjusted to move further in... -
The Firebird reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I tried to explain a while back how long ago I would unwittingly break that sense of verisimilitude by using what I call OTAs...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I want to pull out this example, because I think it is even more clear than the cook one and comes from actual play. I get what you are...
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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.
I don't agree with that premise. Why must the system tell me why the climb check failed for it to seem real(have verisimilitude)? If...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Ok, yes. I don't love your use of 'shared fiction' because I think it presupposes an approach towards gaming I don't share...but yes...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Ok, this is a good start. But, I think you are missing the point of why we're choosing this example. It's illustrating an extreme case...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I get your point, but I don't think it is true. I don't see why the simulation has to simulate something at that level of detail to be...
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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.
I, and my players, have never had any real issue with imagining what is going on. Why should the game rules tell us why or how we fail...
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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.
Wow! I think you just accurately described why D&D is the best system I have found for me so far <3
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The Firebird reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If I've followed what you say about this correctly, I agree with most of it. Taking a counter-factual (modal or possible worlds)...
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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
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The Firebird reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
(Emphasis mine.) You make an important observation here. There ought to be a third characteristic speaking to how the fiction can be...
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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.
The proposed example of a scene could be one part of such a breakdown. Adding scenes like this only make sense as long as the players or...
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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.
Nope. Cook is not implicit in a kitchen at 2am, which has been identified as a feature of thenproblem scenario people are pushing back...