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No matter what the form of fiction, that fiction forms the reality in which that fiction's characters live; and it's up to the game to...

Seems like a good idea in principle but in the D&D-sphere I can't offhand see any way of it not adding a whole bunch of new complexity...

No, it goes with the theme of the thread and how the rules do not make sense and trying to be too literal with them does not work for...

Why on earth would a group of PCs with any sense of self-preservation want to make a combat the least bit more challenging (i.e...

I prefer my ambushes to be "L" shaped and involving simultaneous grazing fire over the area. :p

In reality it would be pretty much impossible too. Exactly. This is a clear example of when the rules - in several ways - need to take...

So full-on Combat As Sport, then; done mostly as an opportunity for the PCs to strike dramatic poses? Sad.

Google has a new image engine out (Nano Banana 2), and it looks like it's back to a bias towards photo-realism that some older models...

I am not sure i have ever followed the exact rules in any edition. It is just one of those things I think the fiction itself determines...

The whole point of surprising your opponent is to, as far as possible, trivialize the combat. Why is this a problem? And yes, it...

This nonsense has a Viva la Dirt League skit written all over it. Another 2024 5E "improvement" no one asked for. So the party sets up...

But we have the stealth versus perception part to generally handle that narrative element of being noticed and that gets resolved before...

There has to be an inciting incident that calls for the initiative roll. If it is an ambush, I give the ambusher a single action that...

No, I'm suggesting that "Anyone and EVERYONE..." includes by default those under 16, while the second clause excludes them.

These two clauses would seem to be in conflict...