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I find that utterly ridiculous. I’ve been involved in several all martial campaigns and they were a blast. No magic or low magic are my...

Love Battletech, and still play it when I can in our game circle. There is a ton of lore and timeline advancement, most of which I...

I don't have to outrun the monster, just outrun you... <trip> I still have a xerox copy I made of those poisons and still use it...

That is why dungeons tended to be wildly overstocked. It was assumed that something like 30-60% of the stuff would go unfound. That...

:D Yup. That's the major element. I also really like the magic system. And while I like the way the characters can be interesting...

I think there's an argument to be made that for most players, they'd be just as happy if most or all of those went away. Those are...

I agree. But here also highlights an overall problem with the way the game (and I guess every game, if you really tear into it), is...

See this is the problem. All these things are binary. Either you notice the traps/hidden doors/concealed enemies or you...don't...

IMO, its mostly terrible adventure design... Why are the DC's for doors so high? Assuming that a character has +2 Prof, and +2 or 3...

I wasn't trying to be hyberbolic, and like I said, this IS my experience at my table. What is the upside? How do you play the game...

Their experience with 5E players perfectly matches my experience with 5E players. I’ve had players rage quit over taking one point of...

I'm not saying that you're saying this, but if this is the case, why include ambushes? Why include traps? Why include secret doors...

I really wish the answer to, "Why can't we get better rules than this?" Wasn't always, "because players don't want to bother with it".

Old School Essentials, hands down. With a close second to Beyond the Wall, some elements of which I may combine with OSE.

Yea, there's a lot to be said for procedural generation of characters. Two of my favorite old-school games (Beyond the Wall and WWN)...