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But by the same token... if the DM is using story milestones rather than XP... players still get a "progress bar" of sorts because they...

The value of XP is that it provides players (and the DM) with a visible progress bar, showing them how close they are to leveling up...

I am a milestone DM and do not have a set formula or knowledge of how many sessions it will take to level up... because everything can...

The bookkeeping of xp is about as fun as tracking ammo, water skins, and food supplies of old school D&D. Milestone and never looked back.

Going by my standard 4 hour session, I voted 5-6. I imagine it like thus, 1 session to 2, 2 sessions to 3, 3 sessions to 4. It might...

We can also just hope that there will be players who will build their character to theme and not just min-max for mechanical benefit...

I kind of agree with you, but on the other hand, I feel that real people are far too complex for D&D's "six ability scores" and can...

I believe reworking the backstory and changing names to fit your setting would not fall under my personal definition of 'no prep'. You...

I would suggest that "easy to prep" is not the same as "little to no prep". The former is about success rate. The latter is about...

You proved that when you insinuated I was a trust fund baby. If you are going to dish it out, make sure you can also take it.

It's kept the industry in business for 50 years thus far. Heck, in the decades before people could make, sell or buy PDFs that were 4...

That small amount of time, doing an activity you enjoy? Obviously I can't speak for everyone, but for me the time is worth it.

If you don't have 6 extra minutes in your entire week to read a couple paragraphs for preparation rather than a handful of bullet...

Must be nice to have a trust fund! I'm envious.

Are you reading it, or are you scanning it? To me they are two different things and it is obvious to me while playing when the DM is...