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I mean… just let the player play a half-orc. It’s not like Krynn is really defined by the absence of orcs. They still had goblins and...

Even if those rails are never tested due to social norms or enforcement from the group rather than the GM?

I think that example has some nuance to it. I generally don't like to run established IP settings (especially ones that have finicky...

Well, I think what Hawkeyefan is aiming for (no pun intended) is that they don't really think "done with the best of intentions" vs "not...

Agreed. I think comparing a concept like Daggerheart's campaign frames to the "atlas and gazetteer" settings predominant in the '80s...

A lot of thinking and discussion about the play of RPGs seems to default to an assumption of map-and-key play. Here is what I mean by...

Not really. I haven’t really called anyone else’s game anything, have I? I’ve described my feelings about games that I’m in. I haven’t...

Cool, will check it out as I skimmed through the 1st ACT of that AP. I've mashed a few APs together, one of these being OotA, so when my...

Obviously not. If someone insults your mother, or your spouse, or your kids, or some deeply seated aspect of your appearance, then...

“Power gaming” is another term that has also had such a reclamation. A lot of us learned to game in an era that had a pretty unified...

It seems that a lot of people agree with @hawkeyefan because the game is changing in ways he prefers, if probably too slowly for his...

Let's apply a little perspective. I don't think that "railroad" is anywhere close to being on the level as an offensive joke. It's not a...

Who is the victim and why?

Respectfully, I'm not blaming anyone of anything in my post, and I likewise respectfully hope that things will stay that way.

I think that the benefit involves, at least for me, an increasing desire to validate a greater plurality of playstyles without...