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    More changes to the behavior of ignore list?

    Morrus and team do not squash the bug. It is a Xenforo thing. We don't touch that code.
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    Yeah, but who wants to play at a table full of early-series Jamie Tartts?
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    Right, so, there's probably a selection bias involved. From my own posts in the same threads, one might come to a similar conclusion about me. It takes some more completeness to know that I've run several of my main campaigns in Classic Deadlands, Gumshoe, D&D, and upcoming Savage Worlds -...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    As someone who likes them both... Yes, but not in the way you probably mean the question. For example, both games can produce (what I think is) a decent shot at fantasy action-adventure. So, even if they have different ways of doing it, they aren't completely alien to each other, either...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    How often are you reading their posts and it isn't in a thread that is focused on a conflict between playstyles?
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    The price of streaming vs out right owning

    So, with respect, the condescension here is really annoying. Speed-of-lookup alone is not the relevant metric, which Is why I spoke in terms of engagement with players, which is the real job of the GM. My most recent campaign was D&D 5e - The Wild beyond the Witchlight. I had the Beadle and...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    Ah, sorry, I didn't use the word "meaningless". With all due respect, no. I was noting that the statement we were given only held in once specific condition. That should NOT be taken as my holding the exact opposite position, and it should NOT be taken as negative judgement on anyone...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    Whether giving those unused elements standing in the fiction is valid or not depends on the playstyle agreed upon before play began. Then, I wonder at calling this a "concern", insofar as games that intend to preserve player agency in that particular form already have that preservation baked...
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    The price of streaming vs out right owning

    I personally still find looking things up in a physical book less disruptive to my engagement with players than turning to a computer to do the same thing.
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    It has, but even since 3, an entire town would likely contain several (at least possible) encounters. It'd need to be a pretty sleepy town, with not a whole lot going on, to be only one encounter in game terms.
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    Incentives are subjective. If you enter into a game with the notion that the only incentive is individual power achievement, then yeah, I guess what you say follows*. That notion would not apply to most of the groups I have run games for or played with recently. Most of them have been...
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    Games you need to go outside your normal group to play

    For my main group, the restriction isn't on genre or playstyle of game. The restriction is that they prefer long-running campaigns. When they want a campaign that's three to five years long, I'm only going to try two or three rulesets with them per decade.
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    The price of streaming vs out right owning

    I am an ebook person for fiction. I interact with game books differently than novels, though. While doing session prep, having an electronic copy of a game book is terribly useful - copy-paste into notes is a great tool in prep. But for several reasons I prefer to use physical copies for...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    My cynical side says, "Yes, but only if our rhetorical goals match. If my rhetorical goal does not align, I have little need to accept the meaning as clear."
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    When disagreeing…

    For Us, yes. For Them, no.
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    The phrase has several clear meanings. The central issue of contention is over which is the "correct" meaning.
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    Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]

    Mod Note: Hey there. Claiming that folks who are mad at you are wrong is not specifically an alt-right tactic. It is a very basic rhetorical defensive position. The guy finds himself set upon, then yes, he's going to say, "No, wait, folks, you've got it all wrong!" Defending yourself from an...
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    What do YOU plan on doing with Daggerheart?

    Mod Note: Hey, folks? This thread is nominally about a role playing game - Daggerheart - and what people are going to do with it. This thread is NOT supposed to be about neurodiversity. This site is not where one should be turning to find authoritative information about neurodiversity, nor...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Question about change shape and Paladin Divine Sense

    Well if Type means anything, changing Type should then remove any and all characteristics associated with Type. If you are no longer a Fiend, you should lose all powers associated with being a fiend. The rules specifically say there are no rules associated with Type, but there's a certain...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    No, I think you miss the basic point: Properly priming the players, so that they have enough information, but not too much, and retain the idea that the information you've primed with are suggestions, but not the totality of what they can choose to do, is NOT EASY, and one can slip into one of...
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