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Also, in a lot of games, there are various ways for stats to improve, and in some games that's an expectation. Not that many folks would...
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I like the idea that it's emergent. If you look at the definitions/descriptions of the attributes some of them cover a LOT of...
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Ok, let's say I roll up a character and end up with a 3...a three...in Charisma. I come up with a story about my character, about her...
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Wisdom was always the oddest-man-out of the traditional D&D stats anyway. Its not a coincidence you virtually never see it in systems...
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I answered that question already. General descriptions that do their best to cover what the designer sees as important. It's a not a...
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No, not at all. It doesn't need to make everyone happy all at once. It really just needs to make one person understand their character...
Feb 17, 2026
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Everyone can't have the same core stat. People need to share a little. :D The nature of the six stats is a very odd bit of accreted...
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Just use the original (i.e ancient greek) meaning, beloved of the gods or divine favour, and it works just fine. It's mostly the...
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Stats don't and have never mapped even close to perfectly over 'real people'. You're always going to have issues when you try to...
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Late to the thread but my definition is pretty straightforward: railroading is when a player's action declaration would ruin the plot...
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For sure. I think at least some portion of GM railroading comes from insecurity: that is, being uncertain about being able to flow with...
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