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I, personally, choose how to narratively justify my characters’ stats in 5e. But no else at the table has any standing to decide...

I don't think there should be mental attributes, because they measure something against the player, rather than separate from the player...

I feel your pain. This is my pet hate too. I think it started in Pathfinder. Dipped slightly in 5e but resurfaced when getting into 5e...

I am very over learning new high-crunch games generally. I'll make exceptions if it looks super cool, but mostly no thank you. I have...

I have no problem with non-physical stats mattering, and, the way I play, they do, but I think enforcing certain decisions by the...

It depends on how it’s implemented. I mean, taking D&D as an easy example, I’ve seen people who consider an Intelligence of 8 as being...

Had to get some group art of the fantastic dynamic and characters my Tuesday night group have created and continue to define in such an...

I'm not sure I would be happy with that either because it's the GM deciding whether or not a particular idea/tactic is subject to an...

The problem here is "matter" does a lot of work. I personally don't think "matter" should be "other players have the right to police...

The question is « who decides whether an Int 8 character is smart enough to toss a pebble to distract the guard? ». The rules are...

It's railroading because somebody not playing my character (the GM in this case) is controlling my character's choices in a way that...

Many of the problems and frustrations brought up in this thread can be solved with 30 seconds of out-of-character talk. Even other...

How you play your character. Not how the DM thinks you should play your character.

I usually create dynamic situations where something is eventually going to happen even if the PCs do nothing. Not that such inaction...

I would like to spout the old adage of, "if it's time you enjoy wasting, it's not wasted time". Let the players waste all the time they...