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XXetheral reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with
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Three reasons I can think of. 1) The game is focused on the campaign story, not individual character arcs, and the player (and often... -
XXetheral reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
I rather feel that in a functional improv style the details that the players pick up should be made to matter. So if a throwaway line...
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XXetheral reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with
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Well, I'm no sandbox purist, and I like I said previously whilst my D&D game has some sandboxy elements it probably does not qualify as... -
XXetheral reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
No, I want there to be complicated and nuanced situations that do not have one obvious correct solution.
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XXetheral reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
I think the ideas developed on the Forge were a mixed bag. Taking this notion of the impossible thing before breakfast for example, I...
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XXetheral reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Hypothetical: 1 Dragon vs 100 peasants (commoners) First, the idea that dragons would not be unstoppable killing machines for NPCs was...
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XXetheral reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
My conclusion so far is that "Trad" labels more than one mode of play. The label gathers family resemblances rather than identifying a...
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XXetheral reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I wouldn't say that you have to accept that which is meaningful to someone else, although at first glance I'd resist the possible...
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XXetheral reacted to clearstream's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I didn't intend to intimate that there is anything wrong with you... one ought to as readily take what I wrote to imply that there is...
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XXetheral reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
We actually do have at least one person on this forum--IIRC in this thread, but I fear I no longer remember specifically whom--who has...
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XXetheral reacted to Maggan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Come to think about it, I could just state at the beginning that "I might have missed some parts of the design of the monsters. Do you...
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XXetheral reacted to Maggan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
My players prefer not seeing the man behind the curtain. :D And I don't see it as "dishonest". That's too strong of a word for me...
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XXetheral reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
We might break this down in a more clear way. For the orc in a fight - all the abstracted events (dodging, footwork, and so on) that...
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XXetheral reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Tucker's Kobolds: worth using in 5e? with Like.
Well, prefacing this by reiterating that the story is very much an inkblot test that people are going to take away whatever they want to...
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XXetheral reacted to Don Durito's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Is there any reason someone couldn't just say "I prefer to resolve skills checks in a simulationist matter" regardless of what they...