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They'd meet fewer potential encounters (i.e. less rolls) per day, but the trip would take a lot longer because all that searching for...

Bad things that has nothing to do with the lack of skill is a bit weird. Like the extremely unskilled cook somehow getting struck by...

That's not clear at all. How I see it is that the thief gets more skilled with his sleight of hand to pick pockets as he gains levels...

In that case, are you sure there are no genres characterised by the protagonist being chased around by screaming household members every...

Once you start down that road pretty much all the traditional D&D attributes can seem too lumpy.

Easy to just make DR cumulative per round, so if you've got DR 5 and take 12 points damage in a round you still take 7 whether it all...

Braunstein required a fair bit of prep and intro from the GM to get things going, but (when I played it, anyway, with Wesely as GM) once...

Depends on what it's being used for. Roll-under intelligence to remember something obscure really is subjective to the PC as the root...

I misread the last bit as "...magically mind-altering grass", which might make the odds of being ambushed somewhat higher. :)

GMs typically run the sort of game they want to play, so if there's something they value as a player, they're going to use techniques...

Agreed. I regularly tweak the rules of my version of D&D to make feel like a better simulation to me.

You are trying to support your point by referencing the words of a prominent figure in the hobby whose stated views in this circumstance...

In fairness, though, there really should be two rolls here (though by design there's only one) - one to determine the success of the...

the point is competent people 'make their own luck' by making different choices and taking different actions which have better odds of...

competent people who 'make their own luck' still can't control the universe