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Everyone I know in 35 years of roleplaying together is looking for those things, yeah. There are other joys to be had too, but they are...

Sigh. We can RP characters doing the smart thing and taking the path of lesser risk and-or resistance to achieve their ends, can't we...

Who said the house is likely to have a cook? Is the cook in kitchen 24 hours a day? Who needs a chef at 2 AM? The point is that if...

Or look at Google street-view. That Australians drive on the left is an independently veifiable fact. The verifiable fact here is that...

That would be foolish. Presumably you also learned about radiation and the impact it has on the human body at some point in your...

What you're describing is the 100% realism strawman. The idea that, because one's priority is verisimilitude, and perfect verisimilitude...

We're going around in circles and I think I'm not explaining myself well. My whole point is that fail forward design structure can...

I'd go with the third one on that list - if they do have to be or become special, at least put it off until they've earned it. :)

Both at once. And it's done by having randomly-generated stats - those who are "born special" have higher stats across the board than...

All of the below is IMO. I think PCs should fit within the statistical probability of whatever sort of being from which they sprang...

I've always said Barbarian makes a far better species than it does a class.

Some of these kinda match how we do it, others don't: We've used 5d6drop2 forever and it works out OK. Fine with me. :) Those...

Id play 1E over 2E because im already houseruling the bits 2E improves, rolling my eyes at the bits 2E makes worse, and ive made my...

Multiple people have stated that if the players do not have full knowledge of the situation they can't possibly make an informed...

What I saw of skill challenges was that they're fine for high-level fairly quick resolution of things but come at a cost of detail and...