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For games where the PCs' occupation is "adventurer," I like the idea that the PCs are not exceptionally gifted, they're exceptionally...

The old classic. High stats lead to overconfidence, lead to death.

Could be a balance thing - Dwarves have quite a bit going for them including that they're tough (high Con), which would overwrite the...

It sounds like he means NPCs. You're assuming a cook is there. He's saying a cook isn't there, so won't be added in due to a failed...

Except for the very many times when what makes the most sense is a continuation of the status quo, i.e. nothing happens, which isn't...

So if the established fiction has it that it's about 2 a.m., the house is dark and quiet, the PCs' prior casing of the place has shown...

You have been told time and time again in many threads that.... 1) A like of realism does not equate to wanting to try and mirror...

Looks to me like he’s citing a scenario. What the heck does it matter where the hypothetical scenario is from?

I think you're conflating expert knowledge (things we can't judge without extensive training) with general experience here. But not...

Hard as it may be for you to get it, there are plenty of games where, within the range of events you've chosen to get into, the risk of...

And yet when I said the player can always choose not to climb the cliff you mocked me for it. So which is it - can they choose to bail...

You skipped the scene where the DM described the difficult climb up thousand foot cliff and clarified that they don't limit falling...

There are, in war, acceptable losses. Obviously you try to minimize them when possible. But having one or more survivors who can...

So again, it's a matter of skipping over details and procedure...which would seem to be the very stuff of investigative scenes and...

Is there nothing else to do in this hypothetical game than climb a wall?