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Zzakael19 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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What I'm getting at is that they didn't confront the grooms, the cooks, the lice in the rushes, etc either. But I assume these wouldn't... -
Zzakael19 replied to the thread What do YOU plan on doing with Daggerheart?.The decision space for a DH character leveling up may approach a half-caster in 5e, maybe. You’ve got feats & ASIs and spell choices and...
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Zzakael19 reacted to SteveC's post in the thread What do YOU plan on doing with Daggerheart? with Like.
If people haven't seen it, this is very slick. The character sheet is two columns, and they have a sheet you can cut in half and then...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread What do YOU plan on doing with Daggerheart? with Like.
I mean, we can all be disingenuous about things by writing them down in a way that makes them look different to what they, and...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th with Like.
The Session 0 character generation is both entertaining to watch and really solidifies what this game wants from the players and GM as...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..When I see the term “bypassed my encounter” used colloquially in D & D space it almost universally has a negative connotation from the...
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Zzakael19 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Well, yes, obviously. The problem is the natural usage of the word encounter means to actually, ya know, interact with something...
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Zzakael19 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Because an encounter is a thing that occurs. If no encounter occurs, then what is it that was bypassed? The answer seems to be - the...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Legend of the Five Rings, Fifth Edition is one of my favorite roleplaying games ever made (right up there with my group's Vampire hack...
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Zzakael19 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Notice how important "planned" is in that definition being viable, and how much it assumes a norm of pre-planned, module or...
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Zzakael19 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I've never heard anyone describe missing a party as a missed encounter. Because they're not encounters - when you miss a party, you...
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Zzakael19 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
OK? Then why do you keep posting replies to my comments (and threads that I've started over the years) about the analysis of game play...
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Zzakael19 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This is why I said, in the post that you replied to, "as I already posted that would be a weird and dysfunctional thing - it would...
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Zzakael19 reacted to darkbard's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think this creates real problems in the hobby and it accounts for why we see seemingly erroneous understandings of certain games...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Gimby's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think that's probably the more likely cause, but you could also see how this could very plausibly flow from principles based on the...