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I'm going to partially disagree. Terry Pratchett described humanity as Pan Narrans - the storytelling chimp and story is an inevitable...

Same here, but while players are happy enough to track charges in wands they IME don't always think to do so with weapons etc., leading...

I think you're talking about different types of football here...

Because that is how it is called in practice. If you had a session (or even a part of a session)of D&D, where the rules were not...

It seems to me that there may be a profitable distinction to be made between: 1. We are creating story with planned direction - 'OK in...

"Long stretches" does not mean never, and as soon as rules do come into it then I think you've met the criteria for 'game' as defined.

Not to my mind. The story is created in the telling/writing/filming/whatever process, because IMO stories need some degree of pointed...

See, a big part of our difference here is that I do not see the core activity of RPGs being collaborative storytelling. Instead I see...

Now, I don't see helmets bringing an AC bonus anywhere in 5e. They are just familiar with the rules governing their universe.

Ah, got it. I kinda prefer both at once: that the item (talking mostly about weapons and armour here) has a root '+', including but not...

That would be horrible in my opinion. Why should a wizard with a 3 int be as good at spellcasting as one with a 20? Why should a...

Only for weapons, which were not the majority of magic items, and even then only for weapon using classes. Or... Just accept that DMs...

There's some significant in-character advantages to it being several minor items rather than one major one: --- several minor items can...

I'd like to offer a different perspective to DoAM with area effect saves. Firreball hits the area (doesn't "miss"). Some targets...

Why on earth not? You're laying down a blast of raw electricity that in theory shouldn't care what it happens to hit and-or damage...