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Just use the original (i.e ancient greek) meaning, beloved of the gods or divine favour, and it works just fine. It's mostly the...

Stats don't and have never mapped even close to perfectly over 'real people'. You're always going to have issues when you try to...

Okay, so let’s take an example. It’s silly, but I hope it’ll be something that everyone gets. Rodney Dangerfield’s character in...

It's not up to you to accept the way other people and designers choose to design/play. You can handle your table however you want to...

Modifiers to die rolls is plenty. But they also can be inspiration for roleplaying, for those who so choose.

Huh. There are so MANY potential ways to roleplay a character, most of which don't really have anything to do with attributes...

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

But what does “ignoring it other than on die rolls” even mean? How do you quantify it in a way that’s satisfactory? How different is...

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

Who said I refuse to let it influence behavior? I mean, penalties on rolls certainly influence behavior. And that’s before we even...

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

Sure, I would agree there may be better ways to mechanize this stuff for gameplay. I just think that leaving it open to interpretation...

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...

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...

It's not about what's allowed and what is not allowed. For some groups and players, it would be acceptable, others would set boundaries...