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in my opinion, if there is ever an action that a character can make, or gains dis/advantage on, or gets some other modifier, special...

You bring up a very good point and which extends my own feelings out from it... which is that I would be more inclined to be okay with...

I missed this thread during my 1 year hiatus ... but the underlying question seems to be: If we remove all mechanical differentiation...

For me personally... I always tend in these sort of discussions to go with the idea that the numbers and the math and the "rules" for...

Are you saying that the ability of a changeling to shift their appearance to hide their identity is not a mechanical effect in your...

Not necessarily. It really depends on how free-form the DM (and the players) are willing to play without requiring dice rolls to do...

I suspect that for a large number of players... the system itself has little to do with someone's interest in playing it. Rather, it'll...

The effort to turn RPG guidelines into hard and immutable rules is as old as the hobby itself.

As if somehow those things are different.

The method of starting with chess as the analogy to RPG makes me tend to agree. Why are we putting competitive boardgame constraints and...

I think some people would be much happier playing board games.

Alright, here's a bunch of maps placing Nentir Vale in the Realms, that I've collected over the years.

Well, you all ain't getting explicit game rules text... just like no one got it in 5E14 either. Which means you all just have to make a...

The most expensive part of gaming is time. Don’t waste it on arguments. Make a ruling and move on.

DM determines how they are using stealth and invisibility at their table and tells the players. Players then use those rules or rulings...