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And yet the degree of hostility you're presenting right now isn't IMO being thrown back at your preferences.

Well if you've said that it's wrong, I guess it must be! The scales have fallen from my eyes and now I see the truth! Oh wait ... nah...

Who said I take it personally? That doesn't mean I won't push back or like it.

So? Every TTRPG abstracts things. They just choose different things and different degrees. No TTRPG can accurately model reality, you'd...

Despite my better judgement, I would just point out that this is just one example where the rules read like an instruction manual than a...

Actually not. There is the middleman of the DM. This might seem like a formality, but it is indeed essential to the experience. If the...

Think dangerous doesn't describe what to do, it describe what to *think *. Yes the actual text, not just the heading.

Please stop trying to trick people into liking narrative games. Is that kind of recruiting really necessary? Why can't you just accept...

Even the simmiest of sim types have to accept that the abstractions required to make the game playable end up producing some necessary...

I could give you a more exhaustive list and it wouldn't matter. I even started writing one but it's pointless. It's not just one thing...

Finally managed to compose a complete reply. So useless? Well, if you want to water it down to that level.. Nope. No maps whatsoever...

In 2014 DMG, there is minor magic property called Beacon - bonus action, item sheds bright light at 10 ft and dim at another 10ft. Light...

I vote no. It is not "impossible" but it is foolish & impractical. 1) heat to your nether regions 2) lots of oil lamps leak, especially...

If you are going to do that you might as well take the next step and have helmet lamps, so the light actually goes where you are...

I've spent some time trying to get to grips with the hidden design principles actually at play here. Mostly I think it comes down to...