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Right. Just one example of why I balance judging the narrstive intent of a role with the stated effects. Much like minions somehow...

Can we go back to arguing if the Darkness spell cast in complete dark will actually generate light? That was fun.

That makes sense and I hope it's the truth for just about everyone here. I certainly have spent many hours here engaging in the same...

RE: Hit points are meat. Last night's session, I had the joyous task of trying to explain how Vicious Mockery rendered a frantic deer...

I don't have to track them on my scrap sheet behind the GM screen. They get hit ..they die. No tracking conditions and any other kind...

I describe my GM style as using the rules of an RPG as watercolors to paint a story. If my red isn't QUITE pink enough for my scene...

And here is where I think a creative GM can step in and merge the fiction with the mechanics in a way that makes the players feel...

This is not true and if it were true players would not play weaker PCs. Everyone would play a max-power PC tailred for the level and...

I went back and re-read the OP and there isn't any mention of profit making in the post. It's a call to simplify and shorten the length...

There are so many things that players choose not to do because they might disrupt the flow of the game. I don't see it as being a...

NOTE: I've long since given up on 5e being a system that is simulationist enough for my tastes. This post is just about what I'd like...