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Tthefutilist replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Entities operate at different granularities and this allows color to become situation whilst still being a resolution procedure rather...
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Tthefutilist replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It's by design though right. Rolling for intent in the BW style destroys puzzle solving. Conflict resolution in say Sorcerer, can...
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Tthefutilist reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
Love.
Except I'm not being a deliberate jerk, or any other kind of jerk for that matter. I'm simply declaring what seems like a reasonable... -
Tthefutilist replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..The definition of conflict resolution has morphed over time. In its original definition, all it means is that you're resolving...
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Tthefutilist reacted to Xetheral's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Thanks for elaborating! And it's awesome that you encountered a situation in which a timber hitch was called for. To this day I've never... -
Tthefutilist reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I sort of agree to that theory, and that is why I would be careful to introducing the simulation term into the discurse. The problem is...
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Tthefutilist reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I think there is some lack of clarity in saying that certain but not all contributions to the fiction that occur in play are incorporate... -
Tthefutilist reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
On the players make a premise-breaking but still fictionally reasonable move thing I would have an out of character conversation with...
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Tthefutilist reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Asking people to explain is not refusing to accept. It's interesting how such a simple question has evoked such a strong response...
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Tthefutilist reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Why would you not accept other peoples’ verbiage? Isn’t that just actively trying to not understand them? I said I understand your use...
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Tthefutilist reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes, as I said it might not be applicable to your group but... ... This indicate we might be talking somewhat past each other. In my...
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Tthefutilist reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You’ve mistaken me for @pemerton . I’m simply offering a slightly different take to perhaps bridge the gap. I don’t think “encounters”...
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Tthefutilist reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The proposal here was to have a meta chat. In your group that might not be neccessary, as you have already agreed to this being the...
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Tthefutilist replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Hmm, well given the same conditions as @pemerton gave, I'd stop the game and have a chat and clarify why they didn't want to go into the...
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Tthefutilist reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But the imaginary people don't describe their lives as if they were pieces on a gameboard! As I've posted repeatedly, in the fiction...