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Xamnam reacted to J.Quondam's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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A lot of pop science articles (and even researcher PRs) are notoriously bad about sensationalist headlines and overstating the... -
Xamnam reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't know, man. I don't want to take this trip with you. It doesn't seem helpful.
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Xamnam reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Let me put it this way: Suppose I'm trying to teach someone how to run a living world sandbox. Which way of describing it seems more...
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Xamnam reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Dungeon World Gets New Owners, Second Edition Planned with Like.
Every single new D&D player I’ve run games for in the last two years has been a Crit Role fan. Literally every one. DW has always been...
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Xamnam reacted to soviet's post in the thread For those who don't play D&D (or its clones), what keeps you engaged with EN World? with
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I do play a lot of D&D (the same campaign since 1990!) although not the 2024 version and I'm not very interested in the disourse around... -
Xamnam reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Love.
Sandra calls it "blorb" because she wants to avoid having the definitional arguments that come from people using the dictionary meaning...
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Xamnam reacted to Imaro's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think the question then becomes... were you and your players desires aligned? I wonder this whenever I see a DM who is dissapointed...
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Xamnam reacted to thefutilist's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Love.
Great post. That clears a lot of stuff up and really shows how you do things. On sandrasan's site she has a load of texts under the...
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Nowadays? The second one. Back in the day, the first one or even "you find three gems" (before having someone work to identify them)...
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Xamnam replied to the thread How do you handle gems as a GM?.I'm always naming the different types, but depending on how much energy I have and where in the evening we are, I might parcel out...
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Xamnam reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Believe me, I don't want to have any more discussions of agency. As long as no one asserts my definition is incorrect, we have...
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Xamnam reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Let's avoid agency because it is a contentious term. Is the following objectionable: Burning Wheel offers slightly less autonomy (in...
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Another critical part of disagreeing on the Internet (or anywhere else, for that matter) is to recognize when the disagreement is over...
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Xamnam reacted to Yaarel's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Should a general Adventurer class be created to represent the Everyman? with Like.
For the genre, the "everyman" (or everyfolk?) succeeds despite being "average" in every way. Mechanically, this seems like a class that...
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Xamnam reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
There may be a difference, yes. But depending on the specific circumstances, there are also similarities. If I'm looking to get to a...