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XXetheral reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I think that's slightly reductive, that's also part of a set of principled restrictions on the GM's power, and it's part of the board... -
XXetheral reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
And it actually does! Because the DM put the work in outside the playspace at the table. I think it's silly to assert that in a game...
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XXetheral reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This is not a correct criticism of my position. I don't mind that the DM is making things up. I mind if they do so in a manner which...
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XXetheral reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I was struggling to follow your reasoning on why quantum and why not earlier but this makes more sense. It's that you are viewing the...
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XXetheral reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This is a good description of the difference. I want to feel like things I don't know matter and have weight, because it amplifies the...
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XXetheral reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
What you're describing is the 100% realism strawman. The idea that, because one's priority is verisimilitude, and perfect verisimilitude...
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XXetheral reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
We're going around in circles and I think I'm not explaining myself well. My whole point is that fail forward design structure can...
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XXetheral reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That's precisely the problem though; I want the player to force events to unfold in a desired way. If the game can always continue from...
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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.
Meanwhile knowing that there is something beyond the door has unique character is one of the things I enjoy. :)
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XXetheral reacted to DinoInDisguise's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think this is where I start to lose interest in a lot of new systems, and maybe where I diverge from much of the conversation that...
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XXetheral reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Personally, I generally just don't run games where single point of failure is a concept that makes sense on a campaign level. No one...
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XXetheral reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In a recent session, the players just decided to have an in-character campfire chat about morality and when it's ok to utilize lethal...
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XXetheral reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I would suggest that it would be much more reasonable to say that, "a GM prioritising the same sort of pacing and the same types of...
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XXetheral reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
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...
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XXetheral reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
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...