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I felt similarly and it's the game norm in A5E. I designed an updated character sheet when I was playing that game to reflect this...

I think PF2 has a fairly good solve: guidance makes you immune to guidance for one hour (whether you use the bonus or not). So that...

It doesn’t help that most character sheets are laid out in a way that disguises the influence of proficiency bonus on most things...

I've found A5E's expertise die a reasonable compromise, though it didn't go as far substituting that mechanic as it could have...

The brand new (at time of posting) episode 2 of Critical Role campaign 4 has a great example of keeping combat feeling active and...

I think in this particular case, the meaning of the proficiency bonus isn't clear. Still too new to have gotten an increase. Which...

Proficiency bonus is the worst and I hate it. Outside of spells, it's easily the part of the game that confuses novices the most...

Well, there’s no one universally accepted definition of a game, but most people who study game design generally agree on a few common...

What @Staffan said, basically. I'd add that Guidance/Bless create a layer of "if you're not using it, you're not really playing...

Binary: You either have advantage or you don't. There's no "I get +2 because I'm flanking and +1 for higher ground and +2 because...

I heard that just after coming off the “How RPG became everything and nothing” thread and wanted to throw my phone in the garbage.

I agree that they aren’t games, but I don’t think they’re activities either. RPGs are game creation engines. You can use those engines...

Great! So all it takes is computer code to run our tabletop RPG effectively... =)

+1 for Mearls's statement of "role playing games aren't actually games, they're activities."

This may be the most liberal thing I'll ever write but: "The setting shouldn't just 'have hope'. You shouldn't show up, kill some...