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I think there is a difference between "exceptional in potential" and "exceptional in competency/capability", and I think it is important...

That certainly isn't true for Aragorn, and questionable for the Shadow at the start of his "PCness."

I feel like there is an excluded middle here. Exceptional does not necessarily mean Superman level. The Shadow is exceptional. So is...

Even Luke isn't a complete N00b. Biggs, who has been to the Imperial Academy and thus been formally trained, and who is competent...

Obviously the first. The second is a pernicious myth that contributes to “hustle culture” and other societal ills.

In any system I like the PC to be slightly above average to begin the game. In D&D in particular, with its Bildungsroman and Heroes'...

Start generally with 3.0e as superior to 3.5e 1) All characters get bonus hit points based on their current size class, with small...

And I will note I finished the 69th session of my current Star Wars D6 campaign on Tuesday, which ended at the beginning of a fire fight...

I would say Orkworld was successful as a business venture and probably provided people hours of lonely fun, but it was probably never...

Is there an opportunity for someone to purchase it and run it themselves? That's sort of why I have that qualification myself. It cant...

It is my deepest frustration in RPG publishing: there being no legal way to purchase a product no longer under license. This sort of...

It's such a general question that I don't know that I can answer. "Non-profit" here is vaguely defined. I hold that profit is a close...

Yes. That's what I am saying. I'm saying that a game that is only successful for a brief time, isn't successful. I'm saying that "God...

I think whether they are dead or not, it's clear that they are not successful. WEG D6 still gets a ton of play both at home and at...

Dead to me means the game is no longer in publication. I don't care if people play it. If we go by that standard, there's no way to...