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Hey. Someone asked a question. They did not make an assertion. Suggesting the former is the latter without cause is also uncool. When...

“Skilled play” is a terrible name for it, for many reasons, this among them. Though, I don’t think the intent is to imply that other...

.... I mean I'd watch it. Sounds like a Dark Crystal style story.

“Skilled play” is a poor term for the play patterns it’s trying to describe, yes, and for a lot more reasons than this. But, there is a...

I normally don’t like to poke fun at typos, but I love “the last likits” because it sounds like the title of a particularly strange 80s...

This strikes me as a pretty uncharitable interpretation. Skilled play is not about trying to “avoid playing a game”; indeed, it is tied...

Warlocks are not clerics. They do not need to like their patrons, and patrons do not need their warlocks' worship. A warlock (like...

With a response of intrusive involved patrons ordering the PC around are not inherent in the 5e warlock concept. Patrons demanding...

Exactly. A good base of solid, if minimal, mechanics as the starting point and cover the rest with the conversation and player skill.

I mean, combat tactics is a player skill. So, I would say while player skill is not really relevant to deciding how good they hit with a...

Yeah, I mean, I would question what the player is trying to achieve by kicking the guard in the nuts. There are certain goals to which I...

My comment was specific to social challenges. I was pointing out (admittedly in a glib way) that talking about swimming in lava was a...

Well, it can at least increase the players’ confidence in knowing what their character is capable of. And, certainly it’s difficult to...

The DM decides if a roll is needed/possible, and if so, what the parameters of the roll (difficulty, consequences for failure, etc) are...

That is what the GM is there for, to interpret unusual mechanical results in a way that enhances the state of play while remaining true...