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I only run for friends, so this is mostly theoretical on my end as well. But I am quite sincere when I say I won't tolerate bad-faith...

I used the quotes to mean the label usually used, rather than the actual thing itself. What I would say, then, is that skilled play is...

Would you say you are of the opinion that "skilled play" is just a byword for lots of tedium, then?

D&D 5E refuses to commit hard enough to make classes diegetic though. The only edition which really did commit in that way was 4E...

They couldn't try harder. The community both won everything to remain the same and be different at the same time. Some people wanted...

Would you say your intent was more "putting certain kinds of traps into a random cave is blatantly unrealistic, and thus not something a...

Listen closely. A5e is 5e based. Therefore its base is too skewed to balance across pillars equally.

Limited to only 5.5e, there are currently only four since...we haven't gotten any more books yet. With 5.0, though, there were nine...

I think all the 'OSR maxims' at this point have been taken and used out of their original context so long that they've become...

I see your point. I definitely bristle when players attempt to invoke rather than describe their actions, and push back as a GM when I...

The natural state of being is ignorance. We only change that state by asking questions. I will always prompt my players to ask...

Too much @EzekielRaiden. I have no stake in this. I'm not here to defend one style over another. Hmmm But I didn't know? I obviously...

Perhaps. I personally think it is a good and healthy recognition that what is often passed off as "skilled play" is actually itself...

Based on what was discussed in the previous thread.... I am apparently a diehard new-school fan (4e, 13A, and DW are among my favorite...

Spinning this out of the 6E thread because, well it isn't about 6E. Anyway -- much is often made of "player skill" and "OSR" and how...