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Zzakael19 reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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So I just wanted to snip this bit out because I think it’s very relevant. First, I want to say that I understand your reasoning on this... -
Zzakael19 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I think Micah is possibly the one person here open and clear that his preferences are such that “hewing as close to fictional reality”...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I hardly think having something interesting happen instead of having nothing happen is making reality bend over backwards.
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Eh, to be fair the OP was more about all the people whinging about the new art and tone and such - “you can stick with what you like...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Most games that have innate complications as a potential outcome of their rules probably don’t have you attempting to open a lock for...
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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.
When this happened to Conan (in The Hour of the Dragon, from memory) a secret admirer - Zenobia - helped him escape. Another time (in...
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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.
Of course people can believe what they believe, but beliefs can be more or less well grounded in evidence. I don't know what these...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
At that point you're doing the binary-view thing I've complained about again, since now there's only sandboxes and story-centric games...
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Zzakael19 reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I mean... saying you can skip past some stuff is decent advice was met with resistance. If that doesn't sum up the thread title...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I think that if even the 5e.24 DMG is telling DM's to consider this, it's about as mainstream advice as you can possibly get. To posit...
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Zzakael19 reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No one can make anyone do anything. I don’t think that telling GMs that the flow of time in their game is something they can control is...
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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.
Thanks for your thoughtfulness. The games I would recommend most for someone coming from your position would probably be Stonetop or...
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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.
So, in Narrativist play the fun is still coming from the people and the fiction we create together. We are just creating it differently...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Eric V's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
13th Age has a similar "Fail Forward" philosophy: "...outside of battle, true failure tends to slow action down rather than move the...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Gilladian's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
My home games (we reverted to 3.5e because I have all the toys and like the way we play it…) are definitely player-influenced, in a...