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As I said, class fluff is suggestions, not rules, which is why so much of it is contradictory, and there are a great many different ways...

All that does is jump him to the level where he finds out who he made the deal with at 1st level. :p I don't understand what WotC was...

Fiction is filled with examples of "dumb" characters having moments of clarity and insight and coming up with solutions that catch...

The way we roll stats, it's just not the issue you make it out to be.

I played D&D for 20ish years with someone who probably had an 8 intelligence. It took him a long time to come up with ideas in new...

There's a reason I specified my game. After all rolls are said and done, the player can swap any two stat numbers. The only way for a...

Well...I would not want to play with a table or a player that is not open to new ideas, is GM antagonistic, immature or selfish. In the...

The game sets what the stats are for. If someone with a mentally slow character, say an 8 intelligence, is constantly roleplaying as...

His use of the word "my" did limit it to just him, though. If he had said that Sandbox play is THE One True Way, he'd be saying it broadly.

That's not true. I'll often give extra information or rolls for things the player wouldn't think about because his PC is smarter or...

That's your choice, but I really question the value of the attribute as it is presented if you refuse to let your score influence your...

the 5.5e guidance is bizarre. The PC makes the pact with the patron at 1st level without knowing who it is. Then at 3rd level they...

My wife has type 2 diabetes. As you note that often causes larger than normal babies, but not usually as large as my son was. He was...

I agree completely. One of my players wanted to try his hand at DMing and since I was in need of a break, we agreed. He came to us and...

For sure. I think at least some portion of GM railroading comes from insecurity: that is, being uncertain about being able to flow with...