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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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If what the players want is so precious to them, maybe you should consider have that drive the story for a while, rather than denying it...
Jun 28, 2025
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I think everyone is in agreement about this point. And indeed I don't think anyone has ever disagreed. Respectfully, given that you...
Jun 28, 2025
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On player driven Do we all agree that the failure or success with complication states of fail forward resolution introduce GM-driven...
Jun 28, 2025
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Both. Why on earth wouldn't they work the same? It's not? Have you never, when faced with a task you can't complete by one means...
Jun 28, 2025
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Sure. Just as X decides what the prize is (the runes will be beneficial) is not the same as X drew the winning lot.
Jun 28, 2025
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Come on, Max - it's blatantly obvious what the runes said before the roll: S - C - H - R - O - E - D - I - N - G - E - R :)
Jun 28, 2025
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This is a dodge. If the player didn't hope those runes said what he wanted them to say, he wouldn't have defined them that way for the...
Jun 28, 2025
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The quantum runes said nothing at all. A successful check and they said what the player hoped for. A failed check and the DM made up...
Jun 28, 2025
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Whaddya mean there's no alternative paths? Does this house not have any other doors besides the one to the kitchen? No windows? Did...
Jun 28, 2025
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I know--this is exactly what i said in my previous post: At least it seems we're now on the same page about what I am claiming.
Jun 28, 2025
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That is incorrect. The farrier existed because it should exist in a town like that and I just forgot it, not because the player hoped...
Jun 28, 2025
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You forgot "constantly telling other players what to do and/or complaining when said player doesn't listen to them."
Jun 28, 2025
The Firebird
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They changed from a state of uncertainty (helpful or unhelpful, map or spell or secret passage or...) to a state of certainty (helpful map).
Jun 28, 2025
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Well with what kids can consume these days on their phones Darksun is a nothing burger lol.
Jun 28, 2025
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Not in the fiction, but in reality, yes, it does cause that...it is a partial cause, the imposition of chance doesn't stop that. Now...
Jun 28, 2025
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