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Aye. So do I. It's very much a "rules for thee, not for me" kind of situation, or at least that's what it looks like from the outside.

Just something I want to comment on trying to catchup on this thread... We have posters discussing how they do not like the...

No. You have what I said backwards. The possibility of doing normal damage (plus the possibility of critting) < guaranteed half damage...

Okay @Maxperson it is in fact becoming clear that the most...pointedly "fun is not a top priority" posts were from someone I am...

You're definitely more generous than I am with this whole plausibility thing. Honestly, I think it is a very weak plank to build on...

I personally didn't find Ravenloft all that great. It mostly demonstrates a lot of the weaknesses of trad play. I bought it, probably...

I just find that games which shove important components under the rug and pretend they don't exist, frequently run into problems by...

Well, I certainly don't think everyone should play like I do. I also don't ask ceaselessly demand explanations for other people's...

I wish you luck then, but cynical-but-probable is very hard to ignore.

Perhaps ironically, then, I find the culture-of-play matters more in this context--because, especially in a crowd that generally holds...

I have observations on this, but I'm not sure they'd be received well enough for a constructive discussion.

I genuinely don't see why I should. I am not trying to be a crap-stirrer here. I genuinely don't see why I should agree to disagree...

Would it surprise you, then, to know that I run a game heavily driven by the rule of cool....where my players have explicitly praised...

I don’t think it is necessarily reasonable to expect, but it is very nice 🙂.

Well, the hope would be that it is not a rant. Instead, the hope is that it is an explanation of why this is a problem, in a way that...