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Entirely fair. I would not say that this effect happens all the time. Just that, in at least some cases, the distracting meta-thinking...

I think this is part of the knowledge that was lost after 4th edition. In 3X, there were big differences in saves, but you could at...

Ranger's niche is that they're an wilderness expert, but in current edition there really isn't much gameplay there, and the ranger...

I'm not sure where the word "allow" comes from. I didn't say anything about anyone granting anyone permission. Nor did I say that you...

There is no need to apologise! But what prompted my response to your earlier post was that you framed it as "to me, a game that's all...

I understand what you're getting at, and it absolutely makes sense that handling the game that way gives you a feeling of...

What @hawkeyefan said. "Exciting" is a useful shorthand for "interesting, exciting, emotionally resonant, etc".' @zakael19 got at...

Agreed. Often, I find high detail does make it easier to believe the thing is grounded. But sometimes, high detail becomes distracting...

None that I've ever played or run. I'm sure it is possible, but our 1e AD&D campaign degenerated into a mishmash of 1e, Boot Hill, Fight...

The roll was pointless if they can just retry, because at that point success is guaranteed. That's why I spent half of my response to...

I sometimes do, especially on a 1, but it’s generally for comedy. We have quite a humorous game.

I think there's a weird thing that happens in how D&D play interacts with what we are acculturated to expect as "appropriate fiction."...

Well, obviously we can't trust you because you're a Russian spy. ;) But it is interesting because I've never had a DM that always had...

I don't know if @robertsconley is being sarcastic or not. But his repeated references to "story arcs" and "stories planned in advance"...

So we're back to, "I just don't like to play that way". If people could just say that without implying that there way is better in a...