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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I think, at the least, "direct" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence. They may have had influence, but the only ones I'd... -
Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yeah, how someone can read "D&D tries to do too many things to be good at any one of them" as "piss poor" escapes me. I do think its...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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No. The truth is that some of us recognize the limitations of a given system and don't pretend otherwise. That some other systems... -
Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I'm saying its not really good at any one thing, because it tries to do too many, and is carrying decades old baggage in doing most of...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It might not be objective--because its, at best, hard to demonstrate objective truth regarding this sort of thing--but when I'm saying...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Gradine's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Like, I get it, it really works, it's probably been the only thing that has actually really helped me keep my blood sugar in check...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Wolfram stout's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
One of the "old man cards" I play at work is that I remember when lawyers, doctors, and prescription drugs not allowed to advertise on TV.
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Thomas Shey reacted to Gradine's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Apparently it's a twelve hour drive to Vancouver, which is about how long it would take to get to Los Angeles. I could think of worse...
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Thomas Shey reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Except in 4e, that isn't true. You can't automatically extract the meaning out of any one game mechanic and apply it more broadly to a...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Often they're somewhat muddy, though. Trying to serve multiple purposes isn't something just games try to do (and is often something...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I'd suggest that's because very few of those people particularly care or cared about simulation except in the broadest sense.
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Arguably, it was trying to serve multiple masters on the game/story/world axes, and it shouldn't surprise people that the net effect of...
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Thomas Shey reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It's probably more of a gamist construct, in that the stats are designed to maintain pacing in the challenge portion of the game. It...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..No, in some cases people literally think there are different rules than there are, because the places the rules work differently are...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Sometimes it has to be, because part of the genre is not acknowledging within the world some genre conventions. One can, of course...