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Some of these spell images are producing better character portraits than the art intended to be character portraits! The wizard in...

I miss the evocative name of previous editions... Eagle's Splendor is nice, Enhance Ability (CHA) is mechanical.

Seems to me that there's a spectrum of people who view the game we play as trying to play from the perspective of our character where...

It's a true fail, because you don't and can't get to the top - there's no way forward. But the consequence isn't as damaging (well, not...

I always saw swarms as just a mechanically-useful way of handling hundreds or even thousands of tiny creatures - biting ants, bee...

I gotta say, AW is pretty strong about wanting things to stay in character, and DW is also rather explicit here. But that being said...

Worth noting here that the players eagerly embraced the frustration of being unable to solve the riddle. Good on them! @Faolyn , any...

I realize I have another great example of alternative to pure fail forward in trad. The scenario was that I was DMing and the party had...

It's interesting how many different ways the game was played back then. None of the games I was in would have done those things. I...

If I couldn’t like things despite recognizing them as flawed or somewhat dissatisfying, I would never go to family functions. :)

Well, it certainly looked like a big deal. And for the 4e fans I heard from on this very site, you's think it was some kind of answer to...

I think most of the hobby is just not prescriptive about it.

This is a fundamental difference of approach. I care about the difference between the game and metagame. If it doesn't matter to you...

In my understanding this is a perfect description of a "Eero Tuovinen simulationistic" agenda :) (My example descriptions wasn't...

Metagaming exists and is antithetical to the kind of game that I enjoy playing and running.