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TheHand reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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This isn’t about trust. It’s about matching how a campaign is managed to the kind of experience the group wants to have. Every structure... -
TheHand reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Plenty of folks have contributed valuable ideas and innovations over the years. But framing it as "moving the art forward" implies a...
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TheHand reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I’ve gone back to Gygax’s Player’s Handbook (1978), specifically the section titled "Successful Adventures." While I do not claim that...
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TheHand reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In my previous replies, I’ve established that: NPC behavior is rooted in setting logic and plausible motivation, not arbitrary...
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TheHand reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Or you could act like emotionally mature adults and make rules and communicate where there are issues and still trust one another, both...
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TheHand reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The solution to the issue of mediocre referees isn’t to bury everything under new systems. It’s to teach, coach, and train referees to...
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TheHand reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
We are working from fundamentally different assumptions about what constitutes railroading. In my view, the distinction lies in whether...
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TheHand reacted to VelvetViolet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This is true for RPG players in general. I believe it's called "grognardism" or something? Anytime you have a game receive new editions...
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TheHand reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread What makes a successful superhero game? with Like.
My personal experience is that the former reliably preserve a "superhero"-type experience, that actually feels like the comics, movies...
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TheHand reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread What makes a successful superhero game? with Like.
Personally, when it comes to Supers games, I prefer a rules-light game that does not use a grid (minis are ok for general positioning...
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TheHand reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread What makes a successful superhero game? with Like.
A system that is capable of allowing heroes of differing power levels to work as a team without the high powered heroes completely...
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TheHand reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Exactly. If Hussar prefers Ironsworn to D&D, or finds it a hundred times better than D&D for his preferred style of gaming, that's...
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TheHand reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Different does not make better, neither is less prep time, nor a systematic approach ro journey rules, not even things like the concept...
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TheHand reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I can't tell if you're being serious here or not. Because shockingly, you don't need to prep an area to have rumors about it. GMs have...
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TheHand reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Probably someone has mentioned but the rules for Ironsworn are free. I've not played the game but when I did PbtA I had a similar...