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To me the bolded is two different objectives concatenated into one: --- pick the lock --- be quiet about it And thus there should be...

They have to tell me they're hunting and pecking, and sometimes give some specifics as to how they're going about it, an then the dice...

Yeah, you and I feel very differently about this. I love '90s maximalism, for one thing; that's totally my jam, and there's no such...

Why do we need thieves? That demon statue has big gems for eyes, and they aren’t getting in our backpacks by themselves, now are they?

While I don't love how that last sentence is expressed, I also don't want the opposite: that the only thing players are able to do are...

A lot of that information is available in other sources. My personal favorite source is the 2e Monstrous Manual.

I think that's actually the point. It's not a "problem".

I love the fact that an insurance salesman/shoe cobbler without a college degree wrote the 1e DMG. I picture Gygax coming home from the...

That's the point. There was no functional way for them to play in those games, because the setting wouldn't work right without those...

Why should we prevent a player who is not a good Tactician to play a characterr who is a good Tactician or to play a character more...

To me there's no question player skill makes for more fun and immersive gameplay, so should be favored where possible. The undercurrent...

Which specific rules are you talking about? The answer, though, would require more context. If the players weren’t specifically trying...

Like I said, totally understand that point of view. I would feel the same if I was in a fantasy game that operated that way. Not sure...

Guess what kind of games I was referring to with "high convention"? The point was, they just flat out wouldn't play those genres, even...

Gygaxian Naturalism I like when random tables would work too. Basically the same thing anyway. I do love when neat new ideas I never...