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No. I told you what the word "Cunning" means. That's all. The word cunning includes shrewdness, keen insight, craftiness etc. And I...

I know this is probably bad form, but, if you wanted a clearer example of the conservativism of D&D fans, just look at the reaction to...

I thought that in D&D I could use a skill when it makes sense in a situation. Anything else would be pretty odd, wouldn't it? This...

So, upthread I asked this: And so you really are telling me that I'm wrong about the rules of my own fantasy hack of MHRP! Don't you...

Everyone knows that thieves were god PCs in classic D&D! I mean, does it get any more overpowered than a 17th level thief having a...

That's how it looks to me!

And you know this how?

My objection to "quantum" is that it is never applied to the myriad "quantum" things that those who deploy it as rhetorical device...

Sure. That's why I always play magic-users in classic D&D, too, because there's no magic that they can't use! (It's all in the name...

And from an in-fiction perspective the runes say whatever it is that they say. The two cases are thus identical. (Which is unsurprising...

Nothing is being "changed".

So you think that AD&D thieves read runes using their nimbleness and stealth? "Cunning" does not mean simply "deceitful". It also...

I think the lesson here is that sometimes when you google something, you should look at more than the first result.

I'm just a bit fed up with you (and other posters) misdescribing it. I mean, you say it's not hard to understand that it is not...

The rune case has no "meta-decision". The player says "Maybe these runes will help us get unlost", and puts their dice pool together...