D&D 5E The Larger Failure of "Tyranny of Dragons"

[Jd Smith1]

I don't think anyone said they "despised" the way you play.

I thought the smiley would be a clue. But I've always been too subtle in my dealings with others.

That said, I wouldn't really care if they did. I don't concern myself with what others think. Although I do enjoy a good debate, for the debate's sake.

For each person, there is the True Way to Game.

 

[Jd Smith1]

Not from where I'm sitting. You're the one who told him he has no stakes.

Yes, I suppose that a lack of stakes could be horrifying to, well, someone.

Perhaps there's a support group.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

J. M. Straczynski, on writing Babylon 5, said something along the lines of there not being any doubt that the good guys would win. The uncertainty came from what price they would have to pay in order to win.

Pretty much. @Jd Smith1 really seems to want to die on the hill of "There are no stakes unless PCs can die."

I'd also be amazed if he watched the Dark Knight thinking "Ah yes, the ending I expected." But I'm not going to tunnel down that tangent...

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I thought the smiley would be a clue.

Ah, yes, the "smiley" - use this to avoid a forum ban when being insulting.

But I've always been too subtle in my dealings with others.

Certainly too subtle for me to detect.

 

[Jd Smith1]

Pretty much. @Jd Smith1 really seems to want to die on the hill of "There are no stakes unless PCs can die."

I'd also be amazed if he watched the Dark Knight thinking "Ah yes, the ending I expected." But I'm not going to tunnel down that tangent...

I don't get the superhero genre.

I don't see any hill. What is said here won't impact how I run my table, nor will it affect how anyone else runs their table. This is just light entertainment.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I have. You’ll have to point out the specific post.

I said that I wouldn't kill PCs for doing something stupidly heroic. It's a slight exaggeration, dice being what they are, but I would certainly try not to kill them.

 

[BookBarbarian]

I don't get the superhero genre.

I don't see any hill. What is said here won't impact how I run my table, nor will it affect how anyone else runs their table. This is just light entertainment.

Nolan's dark knight trilogy is far more 'crimefighter' than 'superhero' but if you prefer other genres could you predict the end of The Prestige, Interstellar, or Memento?

 

[Jd Smith1]

Are, yes, the "smiley" - use this to avoid a forum ban when being insulting.

Insulting? Honestly, I cannot imagine that you would put so much value on my opinion of you. Or that you would believe I would care enough of your application of the hobby to be insulting.

Certainly too subtle for me to detect.

So it goes.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Nolan's dark knight trilogy is far more 'crimefighter' than 'superhero' but if you prefer other genres could you predict the end of The Prestige, Interstellar, or Memento?

He said he didn't like stories, and all of those are stories.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Insulting? Honestly, I cannot imagine that you would put so much value on my opinion of you.

What can I say? I care deeply about everyone....