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... This is, I think, an important distinction; as you say, I think I can feel confident that this behavior was widespread; whether...

Exactly. If death happens at the drop of a hat even when you're playing legitimately, it's that much harder to detect when it's done...

Again I think that the Rules from 2000 and earlier were much harder than they are now and this allowed DMs who didn't read the rule...

It was also a rejection of The Hickman Revolution style of story focused play and embrace of The Dungeon as a duel of whits between DM...

As above, I think the bigger issue is that when we have already controlled for "at least one stat must be 14+, your sum-of-mods must be...

A bigger issue is that I'd say about a quarter of possible rolled stat arrays, despite being legal, will get written off as being "too"...

No. It "should" not be any specific thing. It is a design choice. You are conflating "this is how 1e does it" with "this is how all...

I was laughing when I typed it I never cheat at any game, ever. Except for when I was 10 and tricked a player into believing cards...

This appears to be very much the problem that happened with the Dragon Age RPG and that haunted the AGE system for more than a little...

I too love dragons, so we are not too different on that front, at least. I find the pinnacle of fantasy is in the variety, what we can...

As above, I think there is a compromise. "I roll, you don't". Really? People aren't that variable IRL. Like genuinely. There was some...

Eh. People have been used to D&D forcing combat to one degree or another on every character for decades. I don't see it as...

Alternatively, the roller rolls and accepts that that might put them in a position that is unbalanced, and the person who doesn't want...

You're not picking up what I'm laying down. No one, especially me, is telling you what your fun should look like. What folks are telling...

I'd say the real answer is there is no useful compromise within a single play group. The desires are simply incompatible. Now within a...