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IMHO it was replaced by WotC with a unified 3e design precisely because it had become unmanageable. 2e had reached a point of...

Agility as spell cast trait feels very odd. Maybe it's just a terminology issue? Like if ranger "spells" are physical feats that a...

If a player does not have control over the action their character takes [they must succeed on a steel roll in order to murder someone]...

To me another big issue is whether or not the player could have prepared for the scenario, something that's never been answered. They...

In this case, "finding a cup in a room that, by all logic, should have several in it" isn't a problem. Take a look at the scenario...

Y'know the funny this is is that I've played relatively little D&D in my life. My first game was a con game held by TSR, but my first...

In this particular case, there was a time crunch (I think(, which suggests minimal prep time. I'm assuming, since I don't want to go...

I think here you're (maybe intentionally?) conflating "the ability to make meaningful choices" with "the ability to make accurate...

I have read pemerton's posts multiple times. He has, on multiple occasions, refused to say whether or not an argument/conversation re...

@pemerton Is there a reason why you're refusing to answer my question? You claimed that BW was better than D&D because it could do...

Darn, Voadam beat me to it. ...no pun intended.

Saying that if people really prioritized agency they'd play the game you prefer is the issue. We take different approaches and the only...

No, there isn't. Either the game tells you there is, or else you're trying to justify your decision to use a roll there, but nothing...

@Voadam, my post was in response to the (probably sarcastic) idea that one shouldn't buy from a company that ever had any dealings with...

A stake through the heart, cut off its head, stuff its mouth with garlic. I feel like this is pretty basic knowledge, folks.