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I think this is what is referenced: https://rpgmuseum.fandom.com/wiki/Czege_Principle Has been discussed earlier in the thread, but...

Different strokes, I guess; I love the chaos and unpredictability of low-level play!

I have never had a campaign last beyond 13th level. For 5e, my highest level PC is 12th level though that is going strong and will reach...

It wasn't always a 1-20 model. 1e was largely, if informally, modelled on a 1-9 progression; where PCs were largely expected to retire...

The two bolded bits seem to be in direct contradiction. Giving every PC (more) options at every level is going to cause steeper power...

There's a bunch of reasons why many campaigns don't get much past 7th: --- the campaign simply fails in its very early stages. This...

For those of you debating diegetics, and also for those of you debating simulationism and the various other -isms, some questions (or...

Fair enough, but I'd really like to avoid having to worry about rules for all the various gunpowder-based weapons; never mind those...

Why fake? Use real money and you may have just solved the DM shortage problem.

Nobody in the real world could fly or teleport like they can in a D&D world.

I rather think it is pretty big part of it, yes. Of course it is not the only defining feature. There is no difference. It is a...

The character in the fiction had no way of knowing what the runes would say before they interpreted them. The odds of the runes being...

Wait ... rolling a percentile dice is diegetic but rolling a D20 is not?

I suspect most DMs simply handwave it that the faux-Chinese in their settings never invented gunpowder, for whatever reason, and leave...

Depending on how hard he hit the ground he might not be in condition to try anything again.....