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No. You're conflating and confusing different things from several different editions now. Remember that enemies DON'T get saving...

This is really it. If one builds a bad character, and yes picking "Wizard" with 11 Int is a bad idea, then you will have problems. The...

Consider a Fighter swinging their 1 attack in combat, and they have to still get a hit in. It is the same.

Shadowdark has a lot less spells relying on saving throws. In D&D many spells fizzle because of saves. In SD, if you do not lose the...

Martials have always had to roll to attack. And hope the enemies roll badly to hit them in turn. Their success has always been a...

Well, you opinion is certainly valid, but obviously not everyone thinks the SD magic rules are "unfun and unfair", so maybe it's just...

Regarding the general health of TTRPGs, some rough numbers. I don't have the exact numbers on this PC, so take this as directional. Gen...

Everyone who personally owns more than 3-4 complete sets of dice has useless dice.

It would be very difficult to generate the two-dimensional results of Genesys (with success/failure and good/bad side effects...

I sub to a service because they produce something I like. That's...pretty much it. No other criteria matters to me unless I'm in a...

The only reason base 10 is dominant is because the Romans imposed it on the base 12 using neighbors. prior empires had used base 12...

Disagree. This is a team game, and not every PC is going to contribute equally to all situations. And every character has their own...

The problem is that they cut material in favor of their own plotlines that never appeared in the books. Most book fans knew that cuts...

No. He was a consultant on the TV series. He has publicly stated that the showrunners and writers refused to listen to him; however, he...

I find this hard to reconcile with what he wrote in the preface of the 1st book he wrote about the impact on his life. He closes...