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Zzakael19 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Ok dude, whatever. You asked for some examples beyond others of how Fail Forward might work. I wasn't posting them for you to go "I hate...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th.Or I love that it says "hey, just have them burn a stress and ask them why" as a core GM move.
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Zzakael19 reacted to Arilyn's post in the thread Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th with
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I agree, but hoping that reading the book will draw them into using all the gears. If not, hopefully game will still be fun and exciting. -
Zzakael19 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..No, the game says on a player rolling a 6-, I get to make a move as hard and direct as I want. In this case I looked at my prep for the...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..If you look at the other post @pemerton replied to in that comment, and the phrasing of yours, he was reacting to the idea of...
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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 not accurate. Or, rather, it is a taking of a term coined to describe a technique for a complete different type of RPGing, and...
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Zzakael19 reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th with Like.
Exactly. You absolutely can drive your manual-transmission Lamborghini while only ever using first gear, but it's going to be slow and...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Arilyn's post in the thread Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th with Like.
I'm seeing traditional players look at how Mercer runs DH and feeling a lot less negative towards the game. I like how mechanically it...
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Zzakael19 reacted to The Soloist's post in the thread Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th with Like.
With Matt, it does feel like a 5e D&D game with extra cool mechanics. The Death Rolls were captivating. I'm not convinced CR can change...
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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 "fixed world" game is in my view a very distinctive thing: In my experience, which when it comes to random encounters is based on...
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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.
It would have been great if an experienced Burning Wheel GM had been posting for the past many pages that "fail forward" is a label for...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..No, it has that elsewhere like all good games of this sort. I just didn’t want to quote the entire set of GM stuff and make a huge post!
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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.
I'm not sure why it was used as an example in the linked article. I think it's a terrible example because it lacks the greater context...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..That’s one way to look at it I guess. Let’s look at Daggerheart again: Keep the Story Moving Forward “Every time a player makes an...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..… ye-es, that’s what we’ve largely been saying. If you fail on a roll, consequences happen and the scene evolves. The forward bit is...