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I would say that people are flakey when there aren't consequences for being flakey.

Tome of magic had some interesting experimental ideas. They looked solid on paper, not so much in the game. True namer, omage to mages...

I find it funny thst people complain about later 3.5 material to be not well playtested, when in the PHB itself the monk released as...

Funny, cause my experience is quite opposite. Most people i know loved Bo9S. Specially people who liked playing martial characters...

Few things to remember. In 3.5 era, legally buying pdf-s wasn't really a thing. WoTC never had real webshop with full digital releases...

the bloat sure can be reduced to "core books" PHB 1&2 Player Guide to Faerun/Eberron "Complete X" books. maybe add: Bo9S Unearthed...

As people would often point out in the 3.5 era, most of the most broken things in the system were in the PHB. Casting in Wild Shape for...

Gotta give credit where credit is due. When it comes to "no show", is far rarer when dealing with people from Germany, Austria and...

When I left the Army and moved to the National Guard for the last couple years of my service, I found things to be a total culture...

Yes and no. There was so much options. To put it in perspective: 55 core classes, 750 prestige classes, 2800 feats spread across 60+...

I quite like character resources, but i like unified, easy, streamlined mechanics. For instance, in WW nWoD, every game line uses...

I love skills. I don't understand why people have a hard time with them. Heck, some of my favorite RPGs are JUST skills, like BRP or...

No argument there. I haven't played Dragonbane, but by your description in initial post, only way to raise skill is by rolls. So game...

For secret doors, my preferred solution, although it's a lot of work, is to telegraph their presence so that observant players search in...

Lol :D It makes for more interesting game, no question about it. Or at least more imersive and narative driven. Secret door example...