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Fair enough. I guess, given how insistent and frequent the claims are, and how hard the lines have been drawn in the sand, I had thought...

I started a new thread about "player skill" FYI.

Indeed, everything I've heard about proper early-edition D&D is that making optimal choices was extremely strongly pursued. That's why...

Are you suggesting that people actively made suboptimal choices in order to preserve the "player skill" aspect of the game? I find that...

If that "rankles a skill play GM", why was it included all the way back in 1e? It's not like we're talking about some weird obscure...

Then...refuse to allow the players to do this? That's literally what I do whenever I GM Dungeon World....both because it's what the...

I don't think of "player skill" being particularly focused around paranoia (although that can be a feature). It is more about using your...

What do YOU think about it, @Quartz?

I think the "player skill" argument is used too often as too simplistic an explanation for how OSR and Modern D&D differ. First of all...

The game designers don't even get spells right. This idea that somehow an arcane spell is sacrosanct (irony!) the moment it appears in...

Okay. Why does equipment count as "not intrinsic of the character's elements"? Is the non-standard usage the primary component here...

Incidentally, this is one of the reasons I think WOTC should revisit good ideas from 4E more readily in future: the fans that...

Agreed. I would like to see a full and proper return of Bloodied, roll to hit vs. static defenses (AC, Con, Ref, Will), and monster roles.

Genuine question here. What is "player skill"? Like...what is it, what is the thing that is happening when one is displaying it? What...

Are you sure? I have to be skeptical, because I'm telling white lies if I make arguments based on my personal experience, so the fact...