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A combination of factors. 1. Its design, particularly levels and CR, breeds a certain assumption of balance (though we all know action...

You're going to need more straw for stability. Who on earth is going to put poo on such a table?!

I'll cop to being such a person. I hate rule of cool because I find it leads to a game that lacks consistency in tone and adjudication...

I was watching a Sarah Silverman comedy special yesterday and something that she said made a lot of sense. She was talking about the...

This might have been me, but I wasn't saying fun wasn't important. I was saying outcomes aren't chosen because of the desire to add fun...

I'd say some systems are better at facilitating a sandbox than others, but it's a tool that you still need to know how to use...

Just to add to what I previously said about fun, something I observed in discussions on sandbox was there was wariness around things...

I think there's a case of some subsect of certain games/styles/movements being dogmatic about their preferences, and that then breeds a...

I think system matters, but I do agree. Not to harp on the BitD community, but a prevalent attitude I've seen is how they will insist...

It’s important to recognize that this is a two-way street. What you’re describing highlights real problems that can originate with a...

Sorry, I didn't mean you were saying it was better...it's just a general impression I get from many posters. Sorry if I read things into...

Those came out long after I ran my first session, and even with experience those videos just don't gel for me.

I watched both to try to get a handle on how to run it, especially since I had no familiarity with player-facing systems on the GM side...

And some of us, like me, have said they actively try to avoid doing that too much. And you know what? That's OK. The "sandbox DMs" are...

He did the standard "that sounds like X" as well, but he explicitly called for specific actions - not just suggested - and I'm pretty...