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The only real problem with level drain is that it's much more difficult to enact in 5e than it was back in AD&D, which didn't have new...

That is so not my sub-agenda. My sub-agenda is to create an interesting story through my characters. I want my characters to suffer...

Of course you are. You seem to think even collectively, the typical player group is less trustworthy to make house rules decisions than...

Yes, I differentiate between house rules and homebrew. They are different things because additional species are not new, altered, or...

No it doesn't, and if that was offensive to you I apologize.

New post because I hit send too soon and don't feel like editing that one. I also disagree that's a house rule. It's a player race...

OK, I think you're being a bit paranoid here because I did not say that at all. I said that players and GMs can work together to...

And vice versa. But does it mean that when you see someone talking about those preferences (or that you think you see it), that you...

Define "lose". It's a common belief that the only way to "lose" an RPG is to not have fun. You apparently agree, as you have said it's...

Playing a vampire-werewolf-whatever isn't a house rule or worldbuilding, unless you consider merely asking for something not in the PHB...

More or less, yes, assuming a game with any degree of risk or danger to its characters (i.e. loss conditions). The players and GM are...

And since I was talking about house rules, you would be incorrect.

One of the problems I have is this presumption of the pyramid structure of trad RPG's. There's no actual reason for doing it that way...

So you're saying that, in a trad game, it's impossible for players and GMs to work together? Players and GMs must always be at odds?

If you mostly play with strangers at conventions or your FLGS, I suppose this can be an issue. If you play with folks you know... the...