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I was arguing against the idea that "skill" was a meter that could be reduced by being attacked. Hit points are an abstract thing that...
Dec 9, 2025
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Just hit point loss that is described involving skill, rather than physical damage or getting lucky. Parrying a close call that if not...
Dec 9, 2025
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Fair enough, but it still doesn't really make sense to me. The kind of attack you're talking about sounds more like a hit to fatigue to...
Dec 9, 2025
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Just because a small amount of damage is real most of the time doesn't mean that it wouldn't be much worse if you weren't skilled at...
Dec 9, 2025
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Well, drudgery is relative, and simulation and verisimilitude is an important part of play and engagement in the hobby in general for...
Dec 9, 2025
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Voidrunner's Codex (or more precisely the Star Captain's Manual, which is part of that box set) has space exploration challenges...
Dec 9, 2025
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How can you possibly state something like that as an objective fact? Progression suggests moving a positive direction. I get this is...
Dec 9, 2025
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Because they're running the game and aren't forced to? I mean, honestly, its the same reason GM choices tend to dominate the game in...
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According to Mornard, the prevailing logic was that, (for example) there were no coup de grâce rules in oD&D because 'no one thought...
Dec 9, 2025
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What is "skill damage"?
Dec 9, 2025
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As written they are not. My solution to this is that damage is slight but real most of the time, more so once half your hp is gone, in...
Dec 9, 2025
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Except they have to be to some extent, to account for stuff like poison. Not to mentioned that if nothing hits you the entire concept of...
Dec 9, 2025
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So, the following may affect next week's Beta Release (in terms of content - the release is still happening) but it seems clear I'll...
Dec 9, 2025
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Well given your avowed hatred of simulationism, I find it unlikely we could ever be happy at the same table. I see your point though.
Dec 9, 2025
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That is basically the compromise between me and you, if the lore says that Tabaxi's act like this(inhuman) but so many players play them...
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