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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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A few thoughts on this. If there are new players discovering things for the first time, that doesn't mean that seasoned players will... -
Zzakael19 replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I am reminded out of the blue of Session 1 of the first campaign I played in 5e and the first game of D&D I'd played since 3e back when...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford Join Darrington Press with Like.
One thing I hope Crawford and Perkins do NOT bring over from their 5E years is 5E style adventures for DH. DH is a play to find out...
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Zzakael19 reacted to bedir than's post in the thread D&D General Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford Join Darrington Press with Like.
They also released another D&D book, put three on DnD Beyond, extended their D&D cartoon contract with Prime Video and hired the two...
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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 wasn't going to say that. If your character won't work with the party, then don't expect me, as GM, to focus on you all that much--I...
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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.
OK, but substitute puzzles for anything else out there. And even if your game never has any times where the players are stuck for ages...
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Zzakael19 reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Fair enough, but I think I am suggesting that there's little, if any, difference between us in how much we are in character. But this is...
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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.
I don't really agree, because it moves the tells from the character to the GM, and the ability to read it from the character to 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.
I think any game design (that is, a set of rules and procedures created to push for a certain play experience) can push more or less...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Daggerheart General Thread [+].Well, for starters to a degree death is player choice. Massive damage / 1hit kills don’t really exist thanks to the damage thresholds.
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Zzakael19 reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford Join Darrington Press with Like.
With respect, the point is that the biggest names in D&D are not Perkins and Crawford, or even in the game design and writing space. The...
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Zzakael19 reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Perhaps. But I have found in every single case, in my own personal experience, where a player's response to others' ire is "but it's...
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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.
Then that means being disruptive or a "chaos gremlin" is part of your table's social contract. The bigger point is that "but that's...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Best RPG to run a Firefly game.Scum and Villainy, Firefly is one of its 3 main touch points. The smuggler ship is clearly modeled after the serenity in many ways...
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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.
Yeah, even then, you have to be aware of the entire group. Now, I have young kids, and so if they joined us to play, my players would be...