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First of all these games are games. The differences between groups of humans in real life are not as large as those between fantasy...

Is this not the whole sim point? The mechanics are a concrete representation of something that can be understood, and there is no...

I mean, you can certainly assign some kind of diegetic linkage to "minion", "elite", etc. But that definitely wasn't the point. The...

i was imagining an unarmed fighter (who hadn't specced into that), i don't know if either of those would apply in that situation, but...

And just to kind of complete the point the minion concept is a great idea that can be modified to match with your sim-tastes Give it the...

well, no, i don't think they do that better (IMO of course) because i think there would come a point where the party has just become so...

put simply, i would say the elite/minion/ect rules emphasize more the relative strength of enemies that exists to the party across all...

Certainly not, since the claim isn't true. It's often repeated though. Keep in mind, Lanefan is of the opinion that a creature cannot...

Simple. The system does not, in any way, produce a single NPC that you would fight at 1st level and then again at 15th level. Bob the...

what you mean sort of like this?

I agree with your earlier assessment, but disagree about what I want out of the game. One of the things I would really like from a...

Because they are played by real people at the table. Those real people don't deserve to be shuffled aside as second fiddles just...

What helps is when the game designer not only creates a fantasy species but also creates their lore as well. 2e had their Complete Book...

So, for many, we are not "telling stories", so that doesn't generalize. But, that doesn't really work when one of the PCs is the...

Yep, that's what I was thinking about. A paragon Dragonborn could eventually learn multiple breath weapons, gain a tail slap, grow...