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I was really thinking of Bilbo. If he hadn't gone on his adventure then Frodo's role would be irrelevant. But the point also holds for...

I'm really sick of this argument because it misses the point by trying to redefine the point. The problem is NOT (for example) that...

Re Complainer Y always revealing stuff about their own world-view rather than your design/writing, I'm afraid saying that's always the...

But unless the book conforms to my preferences how can I tell other gamers they're wrong when they house rule that away? /s

I figure that can be true of the average of a species, but it shouldn't be biologically essential that you, specifically (or your...

The goal I was describing wasn't to get people to try something different from their own, but simply to feel like they can try...

I'll add that in a hobby that prides itself on modifying rules to suit particular tables, complaints about things like orcs not being...

Yeah there won't be any red text anytime soon in this thread....

Honestly, this is why I've pushed back so much in this thread. Over and over again, we see claims about how "traditional" gaming is...

If the players win that epic fight easily, good on them.

So, you change the game world for meta-game reasons. The only reason you are changing this encounter is because of totally unrelated...

But, is there any difference between that and changing a monster's HP? Or modifying any of the numbers? Since, after all, I'm being...

No. But if two rounds into what you'd hoped would be an epic battle all four thugs are down and the captain is sinking fast, having...

Yes. So they appear or disappear out of nowhere--just out of sight. Exactly as video games do. Almost always with a planned possible...

I don't understand what the difference is. You "balance encounters a touch before it starts". Okay. So...does that mean you might add...