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I've seen modules like that, too. The thing is, a successful lockpick attempt makes more noise than a failed one. In the failed on you...

So you gave a masters in Ninja? Cool.

And yet there's a common real-world example that quite strikingly well emulates the in-game class system: that being degree paths...

It's accurate to mine, to some extent; as part of what you're simulating is a) the character's presence in the setting and b) how the...

I think the combination of things in this phrase are doing some very heavy lifting in some, maybe many cases here.

Since when do D&D characters of any level demonstrate MCU hulk/thor-esc physical capability?

I actually see there being clear silos in both video and board game segment. Go and chess have a strong following with people I have...

There's a vast difference from downloading and playing a video game, jumping into play whenever I have time versus learning a new TTRPG...

The concept is fine but Read Opponent sounds an awful lot like the 2014 version True Strike. Too costly to ever be used. If you make...

From what I can tell, folks who are opposed to this idea fall into two camps. One camp rejects it for practical or simulationist...

Get a magic elven sword, and play a goblin. That way it would glow all the time.

It's simulating the fact that you attack someone but your weapon bounces off their armor doing no damage. A miss doesn't necessarily...

Absolutely. I've been saying for a few years now than John Wick is the perfect encapsulation of what a high-level fighter is trying to be.

Virtually all simulation uses abstractions whether we're talking about games or simulating business models. How do you think...

But ... eww ... bugs! ;)