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The core book from the first edition indicates that reservations were established for non-tribal people and corporations who remained...

SRA2.0 character generation isn't super crunchy, but the core rules do expect that players will want to be a bit creative and use the...

+/- to ability scores is probably the worst way to go for a cultural/sub-species these days, it would spark too much argument. If...

I haven't yet run SRA2.0 but it generally seems pretty well-designed. I do have hesitations regarding certain mechanics and lore (e.g...

Yep. Don't like that. I don't see a reason everyone needs to have a close bonus in cooking to the party chef, unless the whole campaign...

Depends on the system. Lots of systems have degrees of success where a small modifier matters. In PF2e, for instance, even a +2 is...

Well in that case, this claim is false: Because there are RPGs in which the actual maths of discrete skills is noticeable and is...

I didn't realise that you were talking only about 5e D&D. Your post (and the thread more generally) didn't make that clear.

I prefer the more granular nature of the skill list, so you can model specifically what the character knows and is good at, since not...

For PF2e, very much yes; the system is designed for that, and even low-level characters without any magical abilities can easily have...

Depends on the system and specifics. Off-hand, I don't remember missed attacks being explicitly punished in D&D 5E with any frequency...

Boot Hill was meant to be that sort of game. Never poked at it myself, though.

A character in a role playing game is a heuristic that allows the player to take on the role of a character in a setting and interact...

Sure. It seems "skilled" is in the eye of the beholder, here. Not sure which skill you're looking for, but there's skill in designing...