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The Firebird reacted to clearstream'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 Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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If 2 and 3 are ideals as has been suggested, one can believe in them quite strongly while also being aware full adherence to them is... -
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.
Sometimes you just need to jump into the deep end of the pool. When it comes to something like a fictional stardrive, you find out if...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..This is a great example. For the record, I see this as above board, and this isn't the kind of thing that would break immersion for me...
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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 thought I was being descriptive. I really consider the ability of a player to change the world outside of the ability of their PC to...
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The Firebird reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Can you say why anyone is under an obligation to enter into play under terms they don't enjoy? I'm thinking of my friend's current...
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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.
Social contracts generally mean sometimes I have to do certain things I don’t really want to do so that I will be able to do the things...
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The Firebird reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Traditionally, this is a self-correcting problem. Back in the old days (finds beard to stroke) ... the way a lot of games evolved was...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..If you assume players are perfectly interchangeable widgits then sure it is a trivial cost. They aren't.
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The Firebird reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yet this was in reply to a post where a person indeed recognized such a social cost, other than the banal "you won't have players."...
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The Firebird reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'm having trouble understanding the arguments here because they seem so tied to what imagined subjects of play the group have chosen to...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Nor is saying "sorry Dave, no Tieflings" free, because Dave is your buddy and you want to have players for your game.
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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.
But you don’t find it immersion breaking at all for you to just make up those details on the spot?
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The Firebird reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Ah. I think I see the issue. Would it alter your perception if 2 and 3 is ideals that is sought but not actually obtainable? I think the...
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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.
You gave the example of not being allowed to play a Tiefling as a DM demanding absolute power and once have again gone on for pages...