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Ok, fine. When I have used the words "feel" and "feeling" here, I have been referring exclusively what it appear you recognice as...

I mostly see this particular fudging example as more evidence that critical hits are a bad general mechanic that is specifically...

My intuitions on this are so far similar. Your example of changing the monster's damage modifier to -5 shows how it can be comparable...

How would you describe "the feeling of having had a victory that wasn't actually deserved, but you fully believe was deserved"? I have a...

I have played official WotC adventures which include extremely difficult save DCs (IIRC it was DC 17-18?) against an effect that, if not...

I would think the world would have been a much better place, if it hadn't been possible to have false beliefs...?

As a side note. I find this part a bit funny. This was an official WotC adventure. Hope someone over there are taking notes :D

I think we are agreeing in all the premises and the conclusion. I think the only thing that seperates us might be this one sentence. I...

Pulling out one specific line to call out what I see as a core difficulty here: But they cannot have that feeling regardless. You have...

Both of these were very experienced players and had calculated that they had a solid chance of taking the hit under normal...

From my rather cynical viewpoint: They allow placing negative traits to see how they affect player behavior They allow benefits that...

I think there must be something more here. If culture was such a broad palette to work from, then what do we even need fantasy species...

I'll add that in a hobby that prides itself on modifying rules to suit particular tables, complaints about things like orcs not being...

I agree, but there's a very vocal contingent who keeps arguing that this is quite literally impossible, because humans will always...

I agree, and see that work as also falling on the game designers. For example, games often now incorporate death moves that relieve GM...