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The Firebird reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I'm sure you're the foremost expert on your opinion, but I sort of assumed you were making a general claim about the structure of RPGs... -
The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..In your games, is it wrong for a player to say "rocks fall, Greg's character dies" without any prompt or a roll? I'm assuming so; it is...
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The Firebird reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Oh I don't agree. The GM does not have a comparable role to a player in a conventional game, certainly not in trad play. If the GM is...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I've not seen this in the thread. I'll say it here and now: your tastes are reasonable and fun! It's nice that your style of gaming...
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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.
Not true. You're welcome to enjoy or not enjoy any style of gaming you want. Just don't try to claim objective superiority of what you...
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The Firebird reacted to Professor Murder's post in the thread D&D In a Castle Organizer to Launch D&D Dungeon Master University with Like.
I think the better measure is being a successful professional GM, as in, you successfully get clients who pay you with some regularity...
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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.
Given the amount of complaining about trad GMs (and trad GM playstyles) from the Narrativists on this thread, I really don't find my...
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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.
I wasn't referring to the game system, just the events that occurred as you explained them. Had those events occurred in that way in my...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..You stated: "That would be like me telling you you're GMing D&D wrong because you're not calling for Burning Wheel-style blind...
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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.
I don't recall anyone else presenting their opinions (and those of others) as stridently extreme as you have been.
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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.
So having that opinion making you "conservative" and "exhausting"?
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The Firebird reacted to Maggan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
As a player I want to experience my DMs vision of the game. Not my vision of the game, I want something else, something different from...
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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've had "the conversation" with both players and GMs. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't. But I've also joined group where...
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The Firebird reacted to Emerikol's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't stop the game. The player is having their character shake their fist at the gods for all it matters. If a player says: "Hey...
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The Firebird reacted to Emerikol's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Why flip the table? Just tell the DM that you've decided his or her game is just not for you. Endless arguments suck the life out of a...