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Movie rules unconsciousness might be the single most common genre trope ascended to setting norm. Bonking someone on the head to put...

As a tangent, realistically, I don't know about that. I'm not a big girlie (an average man is probably stronger than me, and an average...

I can see it being played (and even intended) that way: seeing an invisible creature is better than, well, not seeing it, but hitting or...

What if it comes at the cost of greater connection to the fiction when taken holistically? I gave a grid movement example upthread...

It's not particularly uncommon to model miscellaneous threats differently from the main one in exercises. I recently was helping my...

I tend to think of minions as the 3.5e templates

No, they can pick and choose from a limited set of random options. As the crudest example, you level up and roll for 3 random classes...

Oh for sure. I wouldn't imagine players being particularly happy. It can easily be very clumsy. Randomizing how much progression you...

I feel like RPGs are basically synonymous with asinine layouting and even more asinine wording, and while they should be rightfully...

Are we seriously discussing the narrative implications of using "destroy" to mean "remove from play"? Am I understanding this correctly?

This seems like a pretty standard 4eism to me, and a general extension of the idea that monster and NPC stats exist entirely to govern...

Tangential to the railroading, but RE: zero to hero Yes, it's not exactly common to see such power progression (or, frankly, much power...

What if taking a step back and neglecting such harmony on a level of a specific rule reveals harmony when evaluated in the context of...

Is there an inherent value in creating one-to-one (or even approximation thereof) relation between the rules and the fiction? All...

I consider important forces in the region -- be it factions, individuals, natural phenomena, whatever. Then, I consider how they can be...