The Firebird's latest activity
-
The Firebird reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
Like.
Except that I do have an agenda of not making the characters'(and players') lives boring, which can be done in conjunction with fidelity... -
The Firebird reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's funny. People complained about how the cook example is so terrible so I asked them to provide alternatives. The closest I...
-
The Firebird reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think it's both trivial and pedantic. More importantly I think all of these things can be better explained by different phenomena...
-
The Firebird reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Of course we don't need to go trough this rigmarole. That just happens to be a way many find produces a more believable experience than...
-
The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..That's not been my reading of the thread. You are allowed to take umbrage with it. Just clarify that the criticism is about semantics...
-
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 also acknowledge my mistakes. Nothing really is an absolute, so getting on folks for small departures from sim (which can themselves...
-
The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I think this is troublesome because you are treating "The GM controls the world, the player controls the PC" as an absolute with clear...
-
The Firebird reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread Judge decides case based on AI-hallucinated case law with Like.
Licenses need to be yanked for this stuff.
-
The Firebird reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Right. The DM would have to homebrew in one being louder than the other. It's not RAW that it is. If you feel the need to make a...
-
The Firebird reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Knowing artisans? Fine. You're descended from an ancient gold dragon that rules the mountains? No. Your family has the closely guarded...
-
The Firebird reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Judge decides case based on AI-hallucinated case law with
Wow.
@Dannyalcatraz and @Snarf Zagyg You guys are gonna love this one... So, some lawyers use generative AI to prepare submissions to the... -
The Firebird reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Personally I'm not a fan of no re-tries unless the fiction informs the no-retry. I'd argue the no-retries principle is gamist not sim...
-
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.
Seems a little nitpicky to me. Is the 100% sim straw man going back into battle once more?
-
The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I don't think your description of knowledge checks is accurate. When I wrote down 'proficiency: religion' on my character sheet, that...
-
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.
Always and never are absolutes, used in rhetoric for emphasis. They probably shouldn't be, but the more precise you make your language...