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As it happens, I know some pretty serious pure mathematicians. They can tell me some things that I can (almost) make sense of. I...

I thought you said this: I have no evidence, other than the testimony of authorities, about the workings of radioactive decay, what some...

Appeal to an authority is not a fallacy. For instance, I believe that exposure to radiation in large doses is harmful to human health...

Yes, it's a consequence of failure. If you succeeded, you wouldn't suffer the complication. Eg if you get to the top of the cliff in...

This is like something I do in Baldur's Gate 3, where I am always aware of video game logic and the investment is therefore lower; now...

Uhm, a D20 is emulating a 50th of a D1000, and the D1000 would only be allowing you to trigger a secondary roll if you wanted to...

LOL! At the culmination of the particular campaign, the paladin is scaling the cliff to get to the portal where the pit fiend is coming...

The problem, as I've noted, is unless you're making rolls using D1000's and the like, except in situations where the failure chance has...

Everyone I know in 35 years of roleplaying together is looking for those things, yeah. There are other joys to be had too, but they are...

I'm sure you appreciate the irony here - what makes that definition authoritative? And suppose that it is authoritative, @FrogReaver and...

Sure, we can rp characters staying at home. Good game!

No, this is wrong. It's not that character death isn't on the table; just that it shouldn't happen because of one failed check climbing...

It is, but that's okay. We apparently are not going to make any headway here.

My definition comes from an academic, peer-reviewed source. It's not wrong.

"You appeal to authority if you back up your reasoning by saying that it is supported by what some authority says on the subject. Most...