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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
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People like to complain, especially on Reddit. If I wanted I could write up a couple of bad experiences myself, but that's because I've... -
The Firebird reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
And this highlights the problem. You highlight a person calling his GM overall good with a single situation complained about as...
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The Firebird reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
There's a reason people are much happier if they can double-check history records with archeology, but sometimes that's just not...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Another good limiting case is biography. Robert Caro's work on LBJ, for example, doesn't have "data" or "experiments" in the sense that...
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The Firebird reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Anthropology is a social science. Far as that goes, its not super easy to do experiments for some branches of sociology either, but...
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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.
And I've said what you are questioning in each and every one of those conversations, because folks like to Strawman that into meaning...
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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.
Like what? What are these "punishments" the awful GMs are levying on their innocent players just looking to have a fun night?
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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.
It's as strong a preventative as the DM just standing up and punching you for no reason. Neither are going to happen, so why worry...
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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.
What percentage of Narrativists came by their chosen preference via formative experiences with GM they didn't get along with to some...
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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.
Really makes you wonder just how all those trad-leaning tables are managing to have any fun at all with all these terrible, social...
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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.
Then eventually you figure that out and have to make a choice. You're not going to convince me that hard-coded rules for GMs are the...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..If you're going to be pedantic...then 1) multiple versions of the anecdote were referred to and 2) you don't need to do statistics on...
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The Firebird reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
I'm going to second @The Firebird 's sentiment with My Experience being fairly similar but holy heck does it lay bare and shine a...
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The Firebird reacted to Benjamin Olson's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with
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Man, I wish my paycheck had a little "figures in millions" note attached. -
The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not?.It is the best way to meet new gamers in my area. At least when I'm GMing I can keep things somewhat close to how I like. It's got...