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It depends on primary intent. For me, genre emulation is secondary.

Yep. That seems to be the point to me as well. That @Lanefan for the CRs wrong with his ogre example doesn't mean that he is getting...

You start off really well. CR is inherently flawed because a monster is going to be easy against some groups of its CR and hard against...

You don't get much more intimidating than a planet-buster. Although, it must be noted that the ability to destroy a planet is...

And it does. They have whole sets of rules and protocols on the matter. The point of the Death Star isn't that it gives them a...

I stand corrected.

Good for you. That doesn't change the validity of my claim, just makes it less relevant to you personally.

I'll note that Star Trek, despite the "Forehead Aliens", really does imply several significant differences, and the games have tried to...

Is that in the 5e rules? Do you have a page citation?

People are willing to take extreme levels of risk. The K2 climbers, the BASE jumpers, and so on. I bet you'd find some.

There's nothing in our world as cool as the magical treasure those guys guard though.

That can be the point, for some games, or even at some individual tables. I don't think it's a good generalization.

I mean that is just due the bizarre idea that every character needs to be equally good in combat. Bunnies are way better at hiding than...

Are you kidding? We call those kinds of people bandits, Vikings, raiders, conquistadores, or some other word. If there's gold to be...

Call me a Tolkien snob*, but I don't understand how anybody can call themselves a Tolkien fan without understanding the history of the...