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XYZ encounters per day was a bad idea in 3E as well. Idea hung around for to long.

Serendipity. The game proved easier than the designers originally intended, and that was popular, so everyone kept quiet about it.

Or playing a different game that doesn't assume they don't know what they're doing. Would have been nice if the books said any of this...

Does any book that uses CR refer to it as a training system you should eventually wean yourself off of?

What does your gut tell you? Since 1st edition that has been the most reliable method.

Please note I'm not here to get caught up in semantics and super sharp definitions, that is not my game here. But generally speaking it...

I'm part of the Sim crowd, and how I define that is very much on record. Can't speak for anyone else of course, but I've some agreement...

People managed to muddle through before 3e introduced CR. It's not IMO needed.

Heh heh... if one wants to become a competent DM, one should be able to use and do both. :) The problem oftentimes is too many DMs who...

I'm actually fine with looking over creatures appropriate to the setting circumstances and eyeballing it, or even just putting in what I...

you are not a big darn hero when you beat up the (relatively) weak and steal their stuff. You are a hero when you stand for what is...

Unless there isn't a 5th level that does what the upcast 1st level one does.

Not admitting to it and trying to fix it for nearly a decade is their fault though.

Yeah, but that's a lie though. You need to go at least double, probably triple deadly to get that. Normal deadly is at most what they...

Given the "ghoul surprise", I think it's about 50/50 either way. Neither speaks well of the design process that went into 5e, though...