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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Though, I have to say as someone who's only dipping in every few pages, the ratio of comments to participants is clearly very high. -
Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yeah, the problem with Ezekiel's argument is that he's assuming there's no price for supporting the player's investment in important...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Because the non-D&D oriented fora I've got access to and have experience have tone or other things I dislike to one degree or another...
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Thomas Shey 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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I have to agree. There's no ironclad reason social skills can't work on PCs. Just common (but not universal) custom. -
Thomas Shey reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread What RPGs genres are lacking? with Like.
There's Mutant City Blues from Pelegrane Press/Gumshoe, but I'm not sure how much their super-powered police officers behave like police.
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What RPGs genres are lacking?.I think the combination of group size constraints and people not always being thrilled with being under strict authority don't help here...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What RPGs genres are lacking?.I think monster-hunting and urban fantasy are not quite the same thing, so I don't think I'd put MotW in there. And Monsterhearts...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What RPGs genres are lacking?.There's essentially three ways to go about it: 1. Have a large enough list of technology, items, species and creatures to supply any...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread WotC Hasbro Has Invested $1B In Video Games, Including A New D&D Game with Like.
Yeah, with the current state of the games industry, avoiding big-name studios and instead working with the new indie studios made up of...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..In my experience it depends on what you're using as a systemic basis in the first place. But of course my real answer is "Don't try to...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I'll outright say that there are mechanical elements of D&D that I think a large number of other games just handle better. I just don't...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..But as you said yourself, the psych trait may well just be modifying a roll you have to make in the situation anyway (I know its that...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Yes. Standards for players have always been front and center for Narrativist play. Stylistically it only works with players and GMs are...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.Its astonishing how easy it is to make thermite once you understand what it is and have access to a junkyard. Its a good thing it has a...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What RPGs genres are lacking?.Okay, let me see if I can find any suggestions here. This one's tricky, because most of the cases I know of are full-out generic game...