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I mean, it's meta in that it's not part of the game world, but it's not meta in that it is a game element that is representative of...

I don't see that as indicating being ruled by one's whims and emotions. This says what they do do, or at least are willing to do without...

Maybe a good illustration of the "...and absolute power corrupts absolutely" principle. :-)

I prefer the more granular nature of the skill list, so you can model specifically what the character knows and is good at, since not...

I think the bolded steps are the place where a well designed skill system can come in and meaningfully change gameplay. The downsides...

I'm your opposite number: I LOVE skills and skill systems in RPGs. I do look askance at the skill-improvement mechanic you describe...

Gahh. I hate knowledge checks. Not I guess in principle, but almost always in execution. I think my plan going forward is to grant...

To be fair to the shallow interpretation, I think it assumes all Chaotic characters would be Inherently Stupid, so it's not just CE.

And I still reject the idea that CE has to be bound to such a behavior type that means it is necessarily the Inherently Stupid Alignment.

Listen, if you aren't spending two pages, with a chart, discussing historical ethnic migration patterns on Oerth, are you even...

tangentially, it's amazing how 'evil' it can turn out your groups actions have been when you remove the 'we're the hero protagonists'...

i assuming it means the priorities of what people desire to be focused on and fleshed out or how they do that in setting books has...

Caveat is that I don't play any tRPGs made by WotC or TSR. And am on the migration out of even d20 based games like Pathfinder. So I'm...

Nonsense. It needs neither. Fewer isnt possible, and more will make some folks happy while not affecting you.

True. However, there aren't that many Urban Fantasy stories that don't involve an alternate take of our world.