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More the point was that "showing your work", as it were, exclusively after "your work" no longer communicates anything, won't really...

That's almost certainly going to be an improvement, since your numerical bonus won't be used by mechanics nearly that much, so the GM...

Sure, that's fair. I was mostly trying to create an example that was distinct from the "save my friend about to be sacrificed" thing...

I joined late--the group needed a replacement for a player who had left, and we played for a couple levels before the GM decided "it...

No, that's not what I had said, though I was the one who gave the example. My example was one where the player is fighting in a place...

But this of course simply kicks the bias up to a higher plane of abstraction: assigning the odds. Which is already a significant domain...

Well, at least from where I'm coming from, they should have gone with a two- or three-tier system. I haven't thought enough about how a...

And how can players distinguish that? Perhaps. As noted, you are insulated from a lot of things because your group has remained...

I don't follow. Ahab was doomed and it's quite clear from the very beginning that he's doomed. Further--isn't this the very...

Sure. But the core point remains: even from the very foundation of the hobby, even from the moment that what most folks see as the...

No. What I mean is, Advantage and Disadvantage was used as the weapon of first resort. As in, it was THE go-to thing for functionally...

And this, right here, is one of the things I find extremely frustrating about discussing game design. Note your comparison: literature...

My favorite 3.5e/PF1e character was actually a monstrous hybrid shenanigan, but quite fun, with every part of the hybrid chosen for its...

1e: the Scout class from Dragon # 161. Way cooler than a Thief! 2e: Priest (of a specific Mythos). I can't pick a specific deity...

No. But I expect that this will be a meaningful argument from within their own space that over-occupation with realism is not as...