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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
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The bolded parts are to me counterintuitive definitions of what it means to be an actor, in this sense. There's a missing term, that... -
I guess my thinking is that it does me no harm to allow for the existence of ghosts (however defined) or fairies or whatever. I was...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I agree with you based on the traditional definitions of 'actor' and 'author' but I think this discussion is revealing a real weakness...
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The Firebird replied to the thread Are Ghosts Real? (a poll).It's worth noting, the converse of this is that there is an appeal to rejecting the supernatural. It says we can really understand...
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@CleverNickName The problem also comes that experiences are many times a one time deal and can't be replicated.
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On the subject of the supernatural, I think belief is baked into human cognition. I think evolution has given us an insatiable curiosity...
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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.
He's stated that typical D&D game is always a railroad. If I were to use the word zerbit to describe some posters and was told that...
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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.
The reverse is also true. The fact that the GM used your Diplomacy roll to decide that a high-level cleric was in the temple, rather...
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The Firebird reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
And I think part of play in such game is for player to "engineer" situations where such things can happen. And I think this get pretty...
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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.
Guidance just gives you a +1d4 to a skill check. If making the decision to go right or left is influenced by a perception or some...
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I think it's pretty harmless for folks to believe in ghosts, even if I have absolutely no faith in the supernatural. Thinking you will...
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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.
Nothing jargonistic. Just how it works. Even though the character is imaginary, there are still two decision spaces being considered...
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The Firebird reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
There is nothing degenerate about it. It is just that the game has more elements of collaborative storytelling and that not all actions...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I've heard that objection a lot in my life. I've also heard people say the same thing about football (they call it 'handegg'), soccer...
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The Firebird reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
None. But Blades has somewhat similar ones, albeit to lesser degree. People well-versed in game design can read rules and see the...