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I subscribe to TSR worldbuilding conventions in large part, where NPCs can have classes, or not, depending on what they do and who they...

5e NPCs aren’t built with PC rules and don’t take feats, though. Eberron assumes yes, regular people learn appropriate cantrips and...

So, that's actually an interesting bit. Because, those of us who have doe or currently do actual simulation of reality for, say...

Nobody wants to read a dry old textbook about what it means to be human, about trauma, or leadership, or ethical living, or the like...

But the in-world reality isn’t “picks a feat, which everyone gets a choice of at adulthood.” That’s how the ability is gated for PCs. It...

And yet, that's what gygax did in AD&D... "Thus, the majority of hit paints aresymbolic of combat skill, luck (bestowed by supernatural...

This part of the conversation is with me, not Micah. And while Micah indeed does not like too much PC/NPC separation, even he has said...

I mean, I ran that simulation a thousand times, and hobbits never saved the world. I think the author was using metacurrency.

When you are talking about equality, that both Boromir and Aragorn (and Gimli, and Legolas, and Gandalf) come from lineages that the...

Frodo's player: Right, I haven't spent a single meta point this whole campaign, watch this! [Slams 20 poker chips on the table]

No one mess with Umbran's Tolkien scholarship. Angry hobbits with nobbly clubs will pour out of every nearby thread to treat you badly.

The Numenoreans were so exceptional, they lived for centuries. They were potent enough to fight side-by-side with the first, most...

Responding to the OP: I like metacurrency for the PCs, but they need to be earned. IMC, I give each Player a "Luck Point" for showing...

In smaller groups, I think there's some benefit to having a bigger toolkit, but in most parties, you're going to be surrounded by people...

And don't forget that Half-Orcs apparently had no souls, and were dead dead, unable to be brought back to life. Back in the day I don't...