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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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Does it construct it as "evolving" or "complicating"? Its an important difference. As I mentioned regarding Chill, a failure that...
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Well, there's also the issue that unless you're playing over in a hardcore "everything is done with description" system, there are...
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First off, I'm not sure there are as many of those as you're implying. I think a pretty fair number are looking for "I get what I want...
Jun 4, 2025
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Like a lot of what goes on in the OSR, what they put priority on varies considerably; its why I try and be fairly specific when I...
Jun 3, 2025
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I think you're missing that to some people "This roll does nothing and is boring" is still superior to "If I make this roll something...
Jun 3, 2025
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Of course part of that is the hostility in much of the OSR to mechanics substituting for player decision-making, but there's nothing...
Jun 3, 2025
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I kind of do think of that as "cinematic" when it happens frequently--the word "frequently" is important here. "Cinematic" is relevant...
Jun 3, 2025
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Well, there are a couple of ways to handle that that still matter: 1. You can, of course, simply assume the healing is done as long as...
Jun 3, 2025
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Well, part of the problem is that sometimes there's process where failure is providing information that may be desirable for changing...
Jun 3, 2025
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I think you're not quite understanding what I'm talking about. Most rolls in most games can, and probably with at least some of its...
Jun 3, 2025
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Its a perceptual gap; in many respects PbtA games are trying to represent cinematic fiction, and in cinematic fiction things go at least...
Jun 3, 2025
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Within the context of this thread people were making points about roleplaying games in general (that is what brought me to this thread...
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The GM, who is presumably using a system that has nonhuman options, should have figured out how they work in the setting in the first...
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Oh, I'm aware. I just think some people, particularly in the PbtA adjacent sphere, don't understand how much the baked in "complication...
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It's fine to disagree. But I'm not calling anything the "one true way", I'm defining my own usage of the terms. Which I said myriad...
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