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For me, I think the abundance of information of information makes me feel as informed as my character would be. It’s not necessarily...

To be clear, seeing your character as an avatar doesn't necessarily have anything to do with what game you play. I assume different...

The sense of being there, in character, is deeply important to me (like maybe most important thing at times). However, that also...

I feels this ties back to something @AlViking said upthread, where he believed that Trad-gamers try immerse themself into the character...

I would have to go back and look, but I think the 3e DMG2 and MM4 and MM5 were moving in the direction of more simplified stat blocks...

Another very realistic narration for failing a climb is that the climber in effect gets stuck in place; there's no safe way forward but...

All good! I understand your preference.

Then I take back that it was logical cause and effect. :p I think failure on a check is bad enough (especially when bad things should...

Hey I should clarify, the PC was not looking for a trap. Along the journey I asked the PCs what they would be doing as they had just...

Rather than characterize Fail Forward as a "recommendable principle in traditional play - with a lower priority than the principle of...

Ah, not seeing a trap makes sense. It's almost never two party members falling, it's one party member climbing to the top and dropping...

I can see the pitons and climber's kit and someone didn't secure one of them tight enough and one dude drops as the loose piton/s reveal...

Good question. So falling down in D&D would be d6 per 10 feet with the requirement to making an additional climb check. So a soft move...

A while ago I saw someone on another forum comment that RM does the Forgotten Realms better than D&D. I have never had any interest in...

If "standing around looking at each other" is what typically happens after a whiffed task then those players really need to learn how to...