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Sorry, but for a bunch of reasons that's a complete non-starter. My issue with that would be if (or when, as it's a very frequent...

As someone else already mentioned, if one was playing 2e up to date with all the splats as they came out, by the end it wasn't all that...

Not exactly. At least, not within one combat. Combat before 4e was a very fast thing. 3e had its infamous rocket tag, but even 2e and...

Another very realistic narration for failing a climb is that the climber in effect gets stuck in place; there's no safe way forward but...

Monster vault? In any case, in all other editions a monster's hit points and abilities are intrinsic to it and don't change based on...

Indeed, but they'd ideally emerge in a much more detailed fashion than just the results of one roll, in - I would hope - a...

Yes, that is a good point. 3ed was very cleverly making it look like the same game, while completely changing the internal workings (For...

I agree, and that's what's frustrating. What failure means, how it's handled, is very dependent upon the game and the goals of play...

From my perspective the biggest departures seemed to be: --- monsters that changed their stats based on who-what was fighting them...

Chess? Hell, that's how I play D&D! :)

My millennial nephews were the one who told that they called participation rewards "Good breathing" certificates and that they...

Yep. In play we often have to decide what our character does and if we treat the game as a game then we might arrive at one answer and...

This may also help explain the reservations about giving traditional DM roles to players.

Of course there is going to be mechanical consequences. But what consequences would you have in mind that wouldn't feel like "going...

Not so sure on this. Your example of "gamist" is nothing but player-side metagaming. To me, gamist design wants to put the mechanics...