Recent content by Maxperson

I agree. It has no practical adaption for my gaming. What I think is paramount are the people. No DM and players, no engagement. No DM and players, no group game play. You must have a people who want to engage in the goal of playing the game before anything else can happen.

I can be engaged with the game without playing the game, as an observer for instance. However, I cannot be playing the game without being engaged with it. If I'm at the table and not engaged, I'm just a lump taking up space. Engagement is a necessary element for play, like the DM being...

I don't agree with that. It conflates game design with game prep. The DM is prepping the game for group play, which is part of his job as DM and so is part of his game play. The DM making rules changes to adapt a system to the setting isn't prep for group play. It's different from creating an...

My feeling is that it's more than just game adjacent. Depending on the game being played, the DM prep is part of how the DM plays the game. It's solo aspect play to be sure, but people play solitaire and other games solo. That solo play then becomes something that the PCs may or may not...

Looks right. Could the wizard ferry the plate across and then go back and get the fighter who will now weigh less than 300?

That's why it's a game and not real life. Games have to be balanced in a way that real life isn't. ;) An 8 is Forest Gump. A 6 is dumber than that. Balance means that every once in a while Gump beats Einstein.

The context of the discussion has been DDB only, so when you responded, I figured that's what your context was. I didn't realize you were including PDFs. :)

The d20 roll is random chance, skill, etc. It's not the stat itself. The 6 int person is stupid, but could get lucky, have learned a skill really well, and so on. His actual intelligence is a detriment to any luck or skill he has, because he's dumb. The idea that the d20 is the stat itself...

🤷‍♂️ I was just pointing out that physical only wasn't the only other option like you implied.

The 6 int guy will NEVER be smarter than the 18 int guy. It's possible for him to get lucky and in the moment remember something that the 18 int guy never learned, but sit them both down at a table to answer 100 questions and it will be very apparent which one is smarter.

Also, included in that d20 roll is luck. If the weak guy wins the arm wrestling contest, the stronger guy probably has his elbow slip or pulled a muscle in order for that to happen.

And that's with a difference in modifiers of 4. That's why I say +1 or even +2 difference doesn't mean much in the scheme of things. You're going to see a much greater difference with a good feat, and it will be more fun at the same time.

It's not a binary. They could sell downloads on DDB AND also sell PDFs so those of us who don't play on DDB and want to own our stuff could get those.

In 5e a +1 doesn't mean nearly as much as it used to in past editions. I'd much rather have a feat than pick ASI.

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