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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 AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't know who Eero is and don't really care but the quote is rather demeaning to anyone who doesn't play the game their way. With...
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The Firebird reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread Judge Rules That AI Training Doesn't Violate Copyright with Like.
Again, not a lawyer, but the part of the ruling that caught my attention wasn't about ownership, it was that "Judge William Alsup...
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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.
You just plainly described the difference. 1) The game system has a rule for killing Orcs. 2) In MHRP, the game system has a rule for...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..The comment you were replying to says: This doesn't just encompass a change from A --> B; i.e., the runes were a guacamole recipe, and...
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The Firebird reacted to Mercurius's post in the thread OSR What does OSR mean to you? What do you value most in an OSR game? with Like.
Yeah, I agree. But you could say that early 2E stuff like Spelljammer and Dark Sun is, at least, "OSR adjacent." But I hear you that...
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The Firebird reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread OSR What does OSR mean to you? What do you value most in an OSR game? with Like.
While there are some "clearly" OSR things that resemble late the 1E era, I think it mostly takes inspiration from the pre-Dragonlance...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Don't want to move too fast, but reread Faolyn's post, especially the bold. She doesn't see the interpretation as silly because it is...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..In the fiction they don't change. At the table they do. If Bob declared the action rather than Alice, Bob might have some other...
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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.
The only reason to roll in D&D is to resolve uncertainty. If it's a high level rogue and a cheap lock, no roll. Story, pacing, "stakes"...
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The Firebird reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Dark Sun, problematic content, and 5E… with Like.
D&D has much more than just violence. It has kidnapping, grave robbing, robs people of consent and more.
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The Firebird reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Dark Sun, problematic content, and 5E… with Like.
Dark Sun isn't mature content. Or put another way, if Dark Sun is mature content, D&D as a whole, with all its violence, mind and...
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The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Dark Sun, problematic content, and 5E… with Like.
Nowadays kids learn about this stuff in elementary school. Dark Sun's still 18+ though, somehow...
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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.
Which points out what might be a difference here. When I think of what happens in the fiction due to a roll, I'm thinking of 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.
Well, just know that I'm here for you.