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@Remathilis, in their post about the climactic fight against the arch-lich, was talking about the design and the play of the game. I...

The Con bonus isn't per level, it's per hit die. 1e rangers got two hit dice at first level, so they get that bonus to hit points for...

24? 2d8 +4 for Con gets 20...unless I am missing something?

I think this is definitely part of it, yes. Kicking in doors to take stuff can still be a very fun game, but I find that board games...

It seems like--and perhaps I am reading into what people have written--character longevity and development is much more of a focus now...

It's really not the same. That's an inference YOU are making; it's certainly not what Minigiant said.

Nah. Casual conversations with strangers have no burdens.

Sure, if he was trying to get published or whatever...this is just a message board, there's no burden. You can look it up yourself, but...

Nah. You're not his supervisor. He doesn't owe you anything; you're just a random guy on a message board. He's not trying to get an...

Nah. He said what to look for; he doesn't have to do the work to provide links and whatnot. It'd be nice, but there's no demand; if...

Unless you're his boss, he has no burden to prove anything to you. Or any of us.

Even if attrition worked that way (it doesn't), all that means is that the DM has to have slogs of encounters just to wear down...

This isn't true. You can have unified design, and also have modular design. Like...modularity can be actually significantly enhanced by...

D&D really suffers for its binary pass/fail, aside from critical hits in attacks. I like PF2's 4 tiers of effects on spells. Critical...

Wanted to come back to this. 4e did not "strip them out for the most part". A lot of the things folks want are in there. They've just...